Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE140100080

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE140100080

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Closing the Disadvantaged Gap: Self-Beliefs and Task Value as Drivers of Educational Choices During the Post High School Transition. Australia's economic future requires education to close the gap between disadvantaged and advantaged students. Even successful interventions, however, typically increase the gap with advantaged students benefitting more. Whilst most efforts focus on test scores, evidence suggests that non-cognitive outcomes (such as, self-concept, task value, motivation and social context) are critical in closing the gap. This project will test these predictions for successful educational transitions by disadvantaged students, using an innovative blend of multiple large-scale primary and secondary data sources, and new, evolving statistical models. This project will provide potential actions for strengthening the economic and social future of disadvantaged youth in Australia and beyond.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $389,352.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Specialist Studies in Education | Learning Sciences | Educational Psychology | Developmental Psychology and Ageing

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Behaviour and Health | Expanding Knowledge in Education |

Other Keywords

Behaviour and Health | Developmental Psychology and Ageing | Educational Psychology | Expanding Knowledge in Education | Learning Sciences | Specialist Studies in Education

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