School choice and parenting strategies among Czech middle-class parents : Implications for social segregation in public schools
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11410%2F24%3A10482136" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11410/24:10482136 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=8ZleIbXsR-" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=8ZleIbXsR-</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/soc4.13248" target="_blank" >10.1111/soc4.13248</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
School choice and parenting strategies among Czech middle-class parents : Implications for social segregation in public schools
Original language description
Research examining middle-class parents' school choices often overlooks parents in post-socialist nations, where social reproduction may occur differently than in Western urban contexts. To bridge this gap, our study illuminates the intersection of Czech middle-class parents' school choices and parenting strategies. Drawing on 26 in-depth interviews with parents, we depict "cultivation for wellbeing" as a distinct parenting approach prevalent within a subset of the Czech middle class that challenges prevailing Western depictions of middle-class child-rearing strategies in relation to school choice. We describe five areas in which the parenting approach contrasts with concerted cultivation and intensive parenting: the promotion of unstructured free time, autonomous socialization with selected peers, a propensity to avoid confronting teachers, gentle support for children's interests, and a focus on emotional and physical wellbeing. We posit that "cultivation for wellbeing" serves as a mechanism for social distinction among a segment of middle-class parents, enabling them to distinguish themselves from other class segments by selecting and seamlessly accessing exclusive public school settings tailored to their nuanced educational preferences. The study underscores the need to reassess the dominant portrayals of middle-class parenting strategies, highlighting the complex interplay between child-rearing, school choice, and social reproduction in diverse cultural contexts.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/LX22NPO5101" target="_blank" >LX22NPO5101: The National Institute for Research on the Socioeconomic Impact of Diseases and Systemic Risks</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Sociology Compass
ISSN
1751-9020
e-ISSN
1751-9020
Volume of the periodical
e13248
Issue of the periodical within the volume
23.7.2024
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
1-15
UT code for WoS article
001274726800001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85199315059