Bildungsvorstellungen im sozialen Wandel - eine Kohortenanalyse fürr die Bundesrepublik Deutschland in der Zeit von 1958 bis 2018

Becker, Rolf; Gilgen, Sandra und Anhalt, Elmar (2022): Bildungsvorstellungen im sozialen Wandel - eine Kohortenanalyse fürr die Bundesrepublik Deutschland in der Zeit von 1958 bis 2018. In: Zeitschrift für Soziologie, Bd. 51, Nr. 1: S. 23-40

Abstract

This contribution aims to replicate an earlier study on changing perceptions of education across historical periods and birth cohorts by Meulemann (1982). To take a longer period of time into consideration, we additionally use recent survey data. These individual data are combined with macro data on the educational expansion and analysed using multivariate analysis. Controlling for effects of period and cohort, we test Meulemann's claim that the educational expansion since the 1960s was a main source of social change in regard to subjective interpretations of the value, content and goals of education. In addition, we test alternative theoretical arguments in our replication. We find significant cohort effects of the educational expansion on the change of educational beliefs. Despite increased educational opportunities, younger cohorts have an increasingly critical view on educational opportunities. The meritocratic principles continue to be accepted, however, younger cohorts increasingly doubt that education enables upward mobility. We also find a gradual change in values and educational goals both across cohorts and even more so across periods.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Sozialwissenschaften > Department: Institut für Soziologie
• Themengebiete: 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 300 Sozialwissenschaft, Soziologie
• ISSN: 0340-1804
• Sprache: Englisch