Class, Gender, And Societal Inequalities - A Study Of Nigerian And Thai Undergraduate Students

    Authors

    K. Biraimah

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    High. Educ.

    Keywords

    Education & Educational Research

    Abstract

    This article focuses on the linkages between class, gender and student aspirations in the Nigerian and Thai cultural contexts. Building upon critical and feminist theory that employs class and patriarchal relationships to explain the role of educational institutions, this study examines the educational and career aspirations of 741 university students from two different cultural and academic settings. Based on qualitative and statistical analyses of the perceptions, family backgrounds, and expectations of a random sample of Nigerian and Thai university undergraduates, the study concludes that class and gender affect both university access, and students' educational and career aspirations once admitted to university. However, the results of this study also suggest that the specific effects of class and gender remain dependent upon the cultural milieu of which they are a part.

    Journal Title

    Higher Education

    Volume

    27

    Issue/Number

    1

    Publication Date

    1-1-1994

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    41

    Last Page

    58

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:A1994NB74000002

    ISSN

    0018-1560

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