Doctoral Dissertation Research: Information, Understanding and Choice in the Chicago Public Schools

博士论文研究：芝加哥公立学校的信息、理解和选择

• 批准号: 0826512
• 负责人: Thomas Cook
• 金额: $ 0.48万
• 依托单位: Northwestern University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-15 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0826512&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Information; Understanding

SES-086512Thomas CookLori Delale-O?ConnorNorthwestern UniversitySchool choice is currently a topic of contention in both empirical and theoretical literature. The assumption that families will make informed choices underscores all school choice theory. However, information access and dispersion are barriers to school choice in its myriad forms. Because choice places the onus for information gathering and quality control on the parents and/or students, how families choose is an important aspect of school choice that has implications for the design and outcomes of individual choice systems, as well as larger education reform. This dissertation project examines how families make school choices, focusing in particular on the networks, knowledge, and motivations that affect these decisions. The three main questions that animate this research are: What factors influence parent/student decision making?, How does information and information gathering differ across different subgroups?, and What is the role of ?defaulting? within a choice system? The study is set in the Chicago Public School system, where open enrollment policies allow parents and students to choose the high school they will attend from a variety of options, including remaining in their assigned neighborhood school. To examine how choice occurs in this context, the study employs three methods: survey, in-depth interview and ethnography. The survey consists of demographic information and general questions about information sources, content, and implementation used for making the high school decision. The in-depth interview asks parents to expand on their thoughts and knowledge about the choice process. Finally, ethnography situates school choice in its larger context. Broader Impacts. This project will contribute greater understanding of both the mechanisms that drive school choice, as well as the success and failure of educational policies surrounding choice. Such insight is important both empirically and theoretically. Because school choice is increasingly part of the educational landscape in the U.S., understanding how it works and, in turn, how to improve it is key to remedying systemic ills. In addition to policy impact, the study contributes to larger social science literatures on choice, decision-making, socio-cultural boundaries and neo-liberalism, all topics of interest in sociology and the social sciences more broadly. Further, this project offers insight into the actual processes underlying choice, rather than merely relying on outcomes as an indication of process. In this way, it allows a nuanced look at the impact of choice policies, including that of default settings.

SES-086512Thomas Cooklori delale-o？ConnornorthWestern Universityschool选择目前在经验和理论文献中都是争论的话题。家庭将做出明智的选择的假设强调了所有学校选择理论。 但是，信息访问和分散是其无数形式的学校选择的障碍。 因为选择将信息收集和质量控制对父母和/或学生的质量控制放置，所以家庭如何选择是学校选择的重要方面，对个人选择系统的设计和成果以及更大的教育改革具有影响。该论文项目研究了家庭如何做出学校的选择，特别关注影响这些决策的网络，知识和动机。这项研究动画的三个主要问题是：哪些因素影响父母/学生的决策？，信息和信息收集在不同的亚组之间有何不同？，违约的作用是什么？在选择系统中？ 这项研究是在芝加哥公立学校系统中设定的，该系统开放的入学政策使父母和学生可以从各种选择中选择他们将参加的高中，包括留在分配的邻里学校中。 为了检查在这种情况下选择的方式，该研究采用了三种方法：调查，深入访谈和民族志。该调查包括人口信息和有关信息源，内容和实施的一般性问题，用于做出高中决定。深入的访谈要求父母扩大他们对选择过程的想法和知识。 最后，民族志在更大的背景下将学校选择定位。更广泛的影响。 该项目将对推动学校选择的机制以及围绕选择的教育政策的成功和失败有所了解。 从经验和理论上，这种见解都很重要。因为学校的选择越来越多地成为美国教育格局的一部分，因此了解其运作方式，进而改善它是纠正系统疾病的关键。除了政策影响外，该研究还为选择，决策，社会文化边界和新自由主义的更大社会科学文献，社会学兴趣的所有话题以及社会科学的所有主题。 此外，该项目可以深入了解实际选择的实际过程，而不仅仅是依靠结果作为过程的指示。 通过这种方式，它可以细微地了解选择策略的影响，包括默认设置的影响。