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标题：Teenagers’ Expectations of Applying to University: How do they Change?
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作者：Jake Anders ; John Micklewright
期刊名称：Education Sciences
电子版ISSN：2227-7102
出版年度：2015
卷号：5
期号：4
页码：281-305
DOI：10.3390/educsci5040281
语种：English
出版社：MDPI Publishing
摘要：We show how young people’s expectations about application to university change during the teenage years, drawing on the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE). We reveal the pattern of change by family background, prior attainment at the end of primary school (measured by Key Stage 2 tests) and, critically, the combination of the two. We document the relationship between expectations about university application and the decision on whether to stay on in full-time education at 16. We point to the importance of schools in sustaining or changing expectations. We relate the expectations reported by the teenagers in LSYPE to their actual university application decisions by age 20 or 21. Expectations are high but not universally high. Family background gaps in expectations widen during the teenage years.
关键词：expectations; university application; family background; LSYPE expectations ; university application ; family background ; LSYPE