TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding choice behaviours
T2 - Pathways from school to university with changing aspirations and opportunities
AU - Bornholt, Laurel
AU - Gientzotis, Jill
AU - Cooney, George
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - A socio-ecological approach to explain choice behaviour highlights salient personal and social factors in the context of changing aspirations and opportunities. The population databases are five cohorts of all school leaver applicants for university places in a state of Australia and a survey for one cohort. Results highlight common behaviour patterns across cohorts, with diverse outcomes for specific social groups. Offers of university places relate course preferences and school achievement. In addition, decisions to apply, accept and enrol vary with social experience by socio-economic indicators, geographic location and school type. Student explanations for their decisions to defer or let the offer lapse entail particular social factors as well as personal factors of self concepts, interests and financial needs. Findings contribute to a better understanding of choice behaviour, with a general model of the personal and social factors that explain diverse pathways to higher education.
AB - A socio-ecological approach to explain choice behaviour highlights salient personal and social factors in the context of changing aspirations and opportunities. The population databases are five cohorts of all school leaver applicants for university places in a state of Australia and a survey for one cohort. Results highlight common behaviour patterns across cohorts, with diverse outcomes for specific social groups. Offers of university places relate course preferences and school achievement. In addition, decisions to apply, accept and enrol vary with social experience by socio-economic indicators, geographic location and school type. Student explanations for their decisions to defer or let the offer lapse entail particular social factors as well as personal factors of self concepts, interests and financial needs. Findings contribute to a better understanding of choice behaviour, with a general model of the personal and social factors that explain diverse pathways to higher education.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=3843053524&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1023/B:SPOE.0000018560.99580.2a
DO - 10.1023/B:SPOE.0000018560.99580.2a
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:3843053524
SN - 1381-2890
VL - 7
SP - 211
EP - 228
JO - Social Psychology of Education
JF - Social Psychology of Education
IS - 2
ER -