Browsing SPS - Documents by Subject "Educational choices"
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Gendered repertoires in nursing: New conceptualisations of educational gender segregation
(Gender and Education;Volume 33, 2021 - Issue 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-21)Research on educational gender segregation has been mostly concerned with the lack of women in male-dominated educational fields, and only to a lesser degree with the shortage of men in female-dominated subjects. This ... -
How do parents’ educational fields affect the choice of educational field?
(British Journal of Sociology;Volume 70, Issue 2 - March 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-04-26)This study examines the links between parental education and students’ choice of field of study in Norwegian higher education. In our interpretation of the results, we suggest a status group perspective that integrates ... -
Skilful sailors and natural nurses. Exploring assessments of competence in female- and male-dominated study fields
(Journal of Education and Work;Volume 33, 2020 - Issue 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-09)This article compares educational choice narratives and assessments of ideal competence within and across female-dominated nursing studies and male-dominated nautical science studies. By use of this comparative approach, ... -
Social class background and gender-(a)typical choices of fields of study in higher education
(British Journal of Sociology;Volume70, Issue4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-22)By employing a Bourdieu‐inspired class scheme that differentiates between classes’ volume and composition of capital, and by analysing Norwegian administrative register data for birth cohorts between 1987 and 1992, this ...