STEM-aspiraties en studiekeuze in het secundair onderwijs in Vlaanderen: de intersectie van gender en etniciteit

This article explores why some Flemish secondary school students’ study choices are content-wise not in line with their career aspirations and, to some extent, follow gender and ethnic patterns. We use 83 semi-structured interviews, conducted with students in academic and technical tracks in three Flemish secondary schools. Compared to female pupils, male pupils are more likely to enrol in lower status tracks whose curricular substance prepares them for a STEM career (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics). Ethnic majority female pupils seem to adjust their study choices better to their aspirations, or the other way round. However, especially when changing track or field of study, ethnic majority female pupils are more likely to adapt their aspirations consistent with gender norms. While ethnic minority female pupils are more likely than ethnic majority female pupils to have STEM aspirations, their goals do not always seem to correspond with the study choices they have made. Additionally, perceived discrimination and family aspirations further impact both study choices and aspirations of ethnic minority pupils. Gendered study recommendations and choices, favouring male pupils in STEM careers, especially make that female pupils make study choices that are in terms of curriculum not always in line with their aspirations.

Kaste en kleur

Wilkerson schreef een tweeluik over raciale verhoudingen in de VS. Het eerste boek behandelt de trek vanuit het zuiden begin twintigste eeuw, het tweede interpreteert de raciale verhoudingen van nu.

De sociale productie van wetenschap – een intiem zelfportret

Boekbespreking van Jan Blommaert (2020), Wat was er echt belangrijk in mijn academisch leven?

Stromen arbeidsmigranten vaker in de WW dan Nederlandse werknemers? Een decompositieanalyse van WW- instroom onder Oost-Europese arbeidsmigranten in Nederland

The large increase in Eastern European migrants entering the Dutch labour market has led to concerns about their potential claim on Dutch unemployment benefits. We use a decomposition analysis to investigate differences in uptake of unemployment benefits between migrants and native Dutch employees by analysing register data for all employees in the Netherlands in 2015. The results show that Eastern European migrants, similar to other migrants, receive unemployment benefit more often than native Dutch employees. This difference can be largely ascribed to job characteristics. The inclusion of unemployment risk in the analysis reveals that non‐working migrants are much less likely to receive unemployment benefits than Dutch natives.

Hoe levensloopinterviews inzicht bieden in Nederlands rechts-extremisme

Boekbespreking van proefschrift en van daarop gebaseerd publieksboek van Nikki Sterkenburg over radicaal- en extreemrechts in Nederland.

Ontwaakt! laagopgeleiden der aarde

Boekbespreking van: Ewald Engelen (2021) Ontwaak! Kom uit uw neoliberale sluimer.

De Amerikaanse ziekte

Waarom is er geen collectieve gezondheidszorg in Amerika? Volgens de historicus Timothy Snyder komt dat door de ongebreidelde commercie in gezondheidszorg en verzekeringswezen in combinatie met radicaal individualisme onder burgers.

Jan Blommaert, 4 november 1961 – 7 januari 2021

In januari 2021 overleed Jan Blommaert. Deze bijdrage blikt terug op zijn uitgebreide academische carrière en zijn talrijke bijdrage aan de sociale wetenschappen.