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Social and Structural Changes in Hungarian Talent Care: The case of a sports club

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Attila V., Árpád K., Tamás S.

Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research

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2009

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vol. 46

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issue 1

157-166

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Sociology of sport lacks information on the proper demographic description of athletes who are selected into a national sport talent care program. Therefore, the current study attempted to fill the gap in this area. Research from abroad has demonstrated that whilst sport appears to be a democratic social environment, the initial opportunities are not exactly equal. The majority of elite athletes come from the upper-middle class rather than the lower social classes (Coakley 1997, Eitzen & Sage 1997). The objective of the current study was to identify the social status of young athletes, from the Central School of Sports in Budapest, who took part in a Hungarian government-sponsored national sports talent care program. Another objective of the study was to assess possible changes on the social ladder with time. We were able to address the second issue through the examination of data collected 30 years ago in the same milieu and to compare it - with certain precautions - with a similar dataset obtained in the course of the current work. The interpretation of the data was based on the statistical analysis of the examined periods. The main findings indicate that most athletes in the Central School of Sports come from an upper-middle class social background, but there were some differences in the various types of sport. For example, pentathletes and water polo players come from the most advantaged social class. It appears then, that membership in a given social class is more important than the fair skill-based selection process.

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Social constraints of aspirations for second language achievement

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Rokita-Jaśkow J.

Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition

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2018

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vol. 4

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issue 1

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Educational aspirations are dfined a ;educational goals students set for themselves' ( Trebbels, 2015:37). They are widely studied in psychological and sociological research, in which it was found that 1) they form in late adolescence and early childood, 2) their goal and level (i.e. high vs. low) are determined by the social environmnet they come from, i.e. their family background, peer and school influence. The paper presents the results of the qualitative study, in which 56 students of English philology in one of the vocational schools in the south of Poland expressed their aspirations in reference to their future foreign language attainment and associated vocational goals. The results showed that in the majority of cases the aspirations are not so high and fully-formed, which, it is hypothesised is rooted in the social background the students come from.

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Pochodzenie społeczne i ścieżki dojścia do zawodu nauczycieli szkół podstawowych

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Hernik K., Malinowska K.

Edukacja

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2015

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issue 2(133)

44–57

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Różne badania pokazują, że status społeczno-ekonomiczny rodziny jest czynnikiem silnie wpływającym na osiągnięcia edukacyjne, a także na dalsze wybory życiowe ludzi. W artykule podjęto zagadnienie pochodzenia społecznego nauczycieli szkół podstawowych. Na podstawie Badania szkolnych uwarunkowań efektów kształcenia starano się odpowiedzieć na pytanie, w jakim stopniu nauczyciele dziedziczą po swoich rodzicach pozycję społeczną, a w jakim ich wykształcenie i wykonywany zawód są efektem awansu społecznego. O pochodzeniu społecznym nauczycieli wnioskowano na podstawie wielkości miejscowości pochodzenia oraz danych dotyczących ich rodziców (osobno matek i ojców): poziomu wykształcenia, aktywności zawodowej i rodzaju wykonywanego zawodu. Na tej podstawie zbadano kapitał kulturowy nauczycieli, który posiadali w momencie wyboru przyszłej drogi zawodowej. Zrekonstruowano także niezwykle zróżnicowane ścieżki kształcenia nauczycieli oraz sposoby uzyskania przez nich formalnego przygotowania pedagogicznego na przestrzeni kilku dziesięcioleci.

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Various studies indicate that family socio-economic status determines academic achievement, as well as future life decisions. Such investigations have been conducted among others in relation to students. The issue of primary teachers’ social background is studied in the following paper using findings from the Longitudinal School Effectiveness Study conducted by the Educational Research Institute. The aim was to address the extent to which teachers’ education and occupation followed their social advancement and inherited social status. Indicators used for social background included: the population of place of origin and their parents’ level of education, their occupation activity and professions (separately for mothers and fathers). The varied pathways leading to teacher education and preparation to be teachers were also reconstructed. This allowed conclusions to be drawn about the cultural capital in teachers’ command when deciding on a career.

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Social and Structural Changes in Hungarian Talent Care: The case of a sports club

Social constraints of aspirations for second language achievement

Pochodzenie społeczne i ścieżki dojścia do zawodu nauczycieli szkół podstawowych