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| Tekijä: | Thorpe, A. (et al.) |
| Otsikko: | False uniqueness: the self-perception of new entrants to higher education in the UK and its implications for access - a pilot study |
| Lehti: | Higher education quarterly
2007 : JAN, VOL. 61:1, p. 3-22 |
| Asiasana: | higher education universities students United Kingdom |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | Education policy of today relates to the desire to extend higher education (HE) provision to less advantaged groups. This paper asserts that a key behavioural obstacle to widening participation lies in the erroneous belief persisting among potential entrants from disadvantaged backgrounds (here as: bckgrds.) as to their capabilities of succeeding within the HE environment. This 'false uniqueness' thesis is tested using a sample of 127 new U.K. undergraduates. It is found that students drawn from lower social class bckgrds. consistently underestimated their abilities in relation to the overall cohort. |
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