Costs and benefits : scholarship students’ reflective accounts of attending an elite secondary school
Date
2021
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Elsevier
Abstract
Situated within the context of elite education, the empirical focus of this article is on the reflective accounts of former scholarship students from historically disadvantaged communities who attended elite secondary schools in South Africa. Drawing on studies of scholarship students in educational institutions, the article discusses the costs and benefits, as narrated by the students, of their experiences of elite schooling. While there exists a growing body of literature on elite education globally, there is limited research on elite schools in South Africa and scholarship students within these institutions. Thus, the key contribution of the article is the discussion provided on scholarship students in elite schools in South Africa and their experiences of assimilating into the incongruent terrain of the elite school context.
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CITATION: Feldman, J. & Wallace, J. 2021. Costs and benefits : scholarship students’ reflective accounts of attending an elite secondary school. International Journal of Educational Research, 107:101748, doi:10.1016/j.ijer.2021.101748.
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Keywords
Education -- South Africa, Upper class -- Education (Secondary), Boarding schools, Private schools, Post-apartheid -- Education -- South Africa, Educational inequality -- South Africa, Students -- Funds and scholarships, Students -- Privileges and immunities -- Education (Secondary), Public schools
Citation
Feldman, J. & Wallace, J. 2021. Costs and benefits : scholarship students’ reflective accounts of attending an elite secondary school. International Journal of Educational Research, 107:101748, doi:10.1016/j.ijer.2021.101748