Credential Market
Mass Schooling, Academic Power and the International Baccalaureate Diploma
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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Develops a unique analysis of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma as a private credentialing phenomenon Dissects the contemporary structure and historical transformation of high school certification Brings conceptual clarity to an emerging mechanism of educational inequality in modern school systems Builds on and refines Bourdieu’s sociological theory of credentials Offers new conceptual instruments to understand credential change
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Quentin Maire
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curriculum and assessment in the IB Diploma comparative analysis of credential structure market position of IB Diploma schools socioeconomic background of IB and non-IB Diploma students value of the IB Diploma for higher education entry high school certificates state educational authorities and higher education providers high school credential market in Australia history of the IB Diploma since the 1970s theorists of cultural markets