Credential market : mass schooling, academic power and the International Baccalaureate Diploma / Quentin Maire.
2021
LB2351 .M35 2021
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Title
Credential market : mass schooling, academic power and the International Baccalaureate Diploma / Quentin Maire.
Author
Maire, Quentin, author.
ISBN
9783030801694 (electronic bk.)
3030801691 (electronic bk.)
9783030801687
3030801683
3030801691 (electronic bk.)
9783030801687
3030801683
Published
Cham : Springer, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-80169-4 doi
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LB2351 .M35 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
378.1/61
Summary
This book makes an original contribution to credential sociology by analysing how high school certificates become and remain valuable in a context of mass high school participation (i.e. credentialism). Building on a detailed analysis of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, a senior secondary school certificate offered in over 150 countries, Quentin Maire argues that the advent of new private credentials can be understood as a phenomenon of credential stratification in a context of intensified academic competition. Using original data on high school credentials in Australia and internationally, the author makes a strong case for certificates to be studied relationally, by locating them in the credentialing structures in which they are inserted. He systematically applies the comparative method to explain the role of the curriculum, family resources, school segregation and higher education selection in creating a credential hierarchy. His robust combination of theoretical construction and detailed empirical work allows him to offer new insights into social inequality in education systems, credential theory and the IB Diploma.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 5, 2021).
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International study of city youth education ; volume 4.
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Table of Contents
1. A structural analysis of the IB Diploma credential
2. The IB Diploma retailers
3. The market position of IB Diploma retailers
4. The IB Diploma acquirers
5. The market position of IB Diploma acquirers
6. The academic power of the IB Diploma
7. Constructing the IB Diploma value
8. The historical construction of the IB Diploma market
9. The specificity of educational credentials as cultural goods.
2. The IB Diploma retailers
3. The market position of IB Diploma retailers
4. The IB Diploma acquirers
5. The market position of IB Diploma acquirers
6. The academic power of the IB Diploma
7. Constructing the IB Diploma value
8. The historical construction of the IB Diploma market
9. The specificity of educational credentials as cultural goods.