Motivations for bilingual schooling

a study with upper-middle class families in Rio de Janeiro

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36517/rcs.51.3.d03

Keywords:

School choice, Bilingual schools, Upper-middle classes, Internationalization of education

Abstract

This article aims to understand family expectations regarding bilingual schooling. More specifically, it seeks to analyze the reasons and motivations that have led fathers and mothers of the upper-middle classes to enroll their children in schools that offer bilingual education. Social Sciences and Education meet in this work in two fundamental discussions: in the debates about the relationship between schooling and social classes, and in the sociological perspective on the phenomenon of school choice. A qualitative research was carried out based on 10 in-depth interviews and the conduct of a focus group with five mothers of students from the same bilingual school. The results discuss the parents' perceptions about the following themes: the bilingual schools themselves; the future and career of children and higher education in Brazil and abroad.

Author Biographies

Alexander Vieira, Fundação Getulio Vargas

Alexander Rebelo Vieira é Graduado e Licenciado em Letras Português-Inglês pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Mestre em Administração pela Fundação Getúlio Vargas (EBAPE) e Diretor Nacional do BRASAS English Course.

Marisol Goia, Fundação Getulio Vargas / EBAPE

Marisol Rodriguez Goia é professora da Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas da Fundação Getulio Vargas, onde também orienta dissertações do Mestrado Profissional em Gestão Empresarial (MEX). Cientista Social pela UFRJ, Mestre em Sociologia (PPGSA/IFCS/UFRJ) e Doutora em Antropologia Urbana pela Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Catalunha, Espanha).

Published

2020-11-01

How to Cite

Vieira, A. ., & Goia, M. (2020). Motivations for bilingual schooling: a study with upper-middle class families in Rio de Janeiro. Revista De Ciências Sociais (Social Sciences’ Journal), 51(3), 63–99. https://doi.org/10.36517/rcs.51.3.d03

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Section

Dossiê Quando as ciências sociais encontram a educação: (re)pensando cenários c