'I Heard It on the Grapevine': 'Hot' Knowledge and School Choice.

Ball, Stephen J.; Vincent, Carol

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ERIC Number: EJ605815

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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'I Heard It on the Grapevine': 'Hot' Knowledge and School Choice.

Ball, Stephen J.; Vincent, Carol

British Journal of Sociology of Education, v19 n3 p377-400 Sep 1998

Analyzes the patterns and variations of "grapevining," or social networks, through interviews with 172 parents who were in the process of choosing secondary schools for their children. Finds that there are three types of parent responses to using the grapevine as a means for school choice: (1) suspicion; (2) doubt; and (3) acceptance. (CMK)

Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Environment, Educational Quality, Parent Attitudes, Peer Influence, School Choice, Secondary Education, Social Class, Social Influences, Social Networks

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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