Models of Secondary Education and Social Inequality

Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Professor of Sociology, University of Bamberg, Germany, Sandra Buchholz, Professor of Sociology, Otto Friedrich University Bamberg, Germany, Jan Skopek, Associate Professor in Sociology, Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and Moris Triventi, Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan, Italy

‘The book is worth reading so as to understand the differentiations in secondary education. Every chapter dealing with the country specific case studies provides a qualitatively rich description of the respective secondary schooling systems and the major institutional changes they have undergone in recent decades. This book will definitely be of great interest to researchers, policy makers and students working in the area of secondary education.’>BR>- Journal of Educational Planning and Administration

• Contents:Foreword Rolf BeckerPART I: INTRODUCTION AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK1. Secondary school systems and inequality of educational opportunity in contemporary societiesMoris Triventi, Nevena Kulic, Jan Skopek, and Hans-Peter Blossfeld2. The model of ability tracking – Theoretical expectations and empirical findings on how educational systems impact on educational success and inequalityHartmut EsserPART II: COMPARATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS3. From primary school to young adulthood – A cross-national analysis of cognitive competencies and related social inequalitiesJohanna Dämmrich and Moris Triventi4. Excellence through equality of opportunity – Increasing the social inclusiveness of education systems benefits disadvantaged students without harming advantaged studentsAnne Christine HoltmannPART III: THE EARLY TRACKING MODEL5. Secondary school differentiation and inequality of educational opportunity in GermanySandra Buchholz, Jan Skopek, Markus Zielonka, Hartmut Ditton, Florian Wohlkinger, and Antonia Schier6. Educational mobility and equal opportunity in different German tracking systems – Findings from the LifE studyWolfgang Lauterbach and Helmut Fend7. Differentiation in secondary education and inequality in educational opportunities: The case of SwitzerlandMarlis Buchmann, Irene Kriesi, Maarten Koomen, Christian Imdorf, and Ariane Basler8. Early tracking and competition – A recipe for major inequalities in HungaryDániel Horn, Tamás Keller, and Péter Róbert9. Tracking in the Netherlands – Ability selection or social reproduction?Jaap Dronkers and Roxanne KorthalsPART IV: THE NORDIC INCLUSIVE MODEL10. Social selection in formal and informal tracking in SwedenFrida Rudolphi and Robert Erikson11. Inequalities in the haven of equality? Upper secondary education and entry into tertiary education in FinlandElina Kilpi-Jakonen, Jani Erola, and Aleksi Karhula12. Educational inequalities in tracked Danish upper secondary educationSusanne Wahler, Sandra Buchholz, and Stine MøllegaardPART V: THE INDIVIDUAL CHOICE MODEL13. Onwards or upwards? – The role of subject choice and schools in there reproduction of educational inequality in EnglandPatricia McMullin and Nevena Kulic14. School subject choices and social class differences in entry to higher education – Comparing Scotland and IrelandMarkus Klein, Christina Iannelli, and Emer Smyth15. Reproduction of inequality in educational attainment through curricular differentiation in secondary school – A case study of the USASusanne Schührer, William Carbonaro, and Eric Grodsky16. Reproducing social inequality within comprehensive school systems – The case of AustraliaJenny Chesters and Michele HaynesPART VI: THE MIXED TRACKING MODEL17. The long-term outcomes of early educational differentiation in FranceGéraldine Farges, Elise Tenret, Yaël Brinbaum, Christine Guégnard, and Jake Murdoch18. Between formal openness and stratification in secondary education: Implications for social inequalities in ItalyDalit Contini and Moris Triventi19. The reproduction of social inequality within the Russian educational systemYuliya Kosyakova, Gordey Yastrebov, Diana Yanbarisova, and Dmitry Kurakin20. Educational inequalities in secondary education in Estonia –Transitions and trackingKadri Täht, Ellu Saar, and Margarita Kazjulja21. Tracking and attainment in Israeli secondary educationCarmel Blank, Yossi Shavit, and Meir YaishPART VII: CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION22. Varieties of secondary education models and social inequality – Conclusions from a large-scale international comparisonMoris Triventi, Jan Skopek, Nevena Kulic, Sandra Buchholz, and Hans-Peter BlossfeldIndex