Overview
- Analyses the consequences of school segregation beyond the well-known effects on academic achievement
- Uses more than 30 measures to explore the impact of school segregation on social cohesion in Santiago, Chile
- Explores influences on student outlooks and attitudes related to social cohesion
Part of the book series: International Study of City Youth Education (SCYE, volume 3)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- educational segregation
- Trust in institutions in Chile
- organisation of education in Chile
- school curriculum in Chile
- secondary school system in Santiago
- school learning environments
- school climate
- sense of belonging
- student achievement in math and reading
- Cognitive, social and emotional skills
- acquisition of values and outlooks of citizenship
- work and study plan in Chile
- secondary school Santiago
- civic participation
About this book
This book examines the consequences of educational segregation from the perspective of social cohesion. It investigates the impact of separating students along socioeconomic lines on student attitudes, dispositions and outlooks considered important for social cohesion as well as on achievement, opening the discussion about the social costs of school segregation.
The separation of students based on their social background is a common feature of schooling in many modern systems. This is not only due to the influence of residential segregation but also to the effects of policies promoting educational privatisation, parental choice and student academic selection. By recognising the importance of schooling for citizenship and social integration, the chapters in this book explore how the separation of students throughout their school lives can contribute to the division of citizens beyond school, and how social segregation in school systems affect social cohesion more broadly.
By exploring the case of Santiago, Chile, the study is a timely contribution to the understanding of the roots of social division and the role that schools play in creating cohesive societies. The originality of the approach and the evidence presented draw on implications that should be of interest to a wider audience concerned with contemporary discussions on solidarity and its erosion by educational segregation in urban environments.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Andres Molina is a sociologist with a Masters and a PhD in education, currently working as Senior Researcher and Advocacy Officer at The Smith Family. His main research interests are educational inequality, educational and social cohesion, educational policy, international comparative education, educational segregation, social inequality and youth transitions. Andres has worked for more than 17 years in the areas of education and social policy in several countries and international organisations, including Chile, the US and Australia, with key roles in the research, design, implementation and evaluation of educational policies and programs.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: School Segregation and Social Cohesion in Santiago
Book Subtitle: Perspectives from the Chilean Experience
Authors: Andres Molina
Series Title: International Study of City Youth Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70534-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-70533-6Published: 17 April 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-70536-7Published: 17 April 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-70534-3Published: 16 April 2021
Series ISSN: 2524-8537
Series E-ISSN: 2524-8545
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 183
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations
Topics: Sociology of Education, Education, general, Social Structure, Social Inequality