NOTES ON THE JOURNAL: Educational goals are fundamental to attainment; social network has a key role in the formation of parental aspirations; attitudes toward education and embedded resources mediate the effect of social ties on educational expectations; social networks include significant others & schools that can provide missing resources such as IAG; academic ability & significant others play an outstanding role in the development of aspirations; little is known about the parental academic expectations; social network members can influence finances and attitudes; SHOULD ASPIRATIONS PROGRAMMES BE AIMED AT PARENTS AS MUCH AS CHILDREN?; mothers’ social network greatly impacts upon their attitude to education; the higher number of prestiguous occupations in ones social network the higher the expectations; the mothers’ that see education as a ‘resource for self development’ have higher expectations and so invest more into their child’s education; social environments are pivotal for any programme intervention programme.
25/04/2012, British Journal of Sociology of Education, Roth, T & Salikutluk, Z
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