Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0557434

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0557434

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The Australian middle class and school choice: A generational study of changing anxieties and aspirations. There have been major changes in the ways that the Australian middle class think and behave as a response to economic reforms from the 1970s. The significance of this study is to add a new element to the argument by examining changing attitudes toward public and private education and school choice - from the point of view of the urban middle class. The hypothesis is that family decisions about schooling are a major site for exploring the history of the middle class. The benefit of the study is a new analysis of the middle class from the 1950s through the changing patterns of its participation in public and private schooling. It also offers an opportunity for school choice and social equity policy makers to respond to its conclusions.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 28-04-2005

End Date: 15-04-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $196,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

History and Philosophy Of Specific Fields | History And Philosophy Of Education | Sociology Of Education | Urban Sociology And Community Studies

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Families | Class | Secondary education |

Other Keywords

Class | Families | History And Philosophy Of Education | History and Philosophy Of Specific Fields | Secondary education | Sociology Of Education | Urban Sociology And Community Studies

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