Educational Choices of the Elites. Autonomy and Responsibility of Italian and Foreign Children Between Family and School

AbstractInside a national research project, a study focused on the educational choices for children of foreign and Italian élites in the Turin town had been realised. The aim of the research was the reconstruction of meanings of educational practices adopted by parents.The theoretical framework of sociology of childhood was connected to the topic of the educational practices of the families according to the social class. Interviews with parents and children and focus groups with teachers are realised, and then analysed through the analytical dimensions of family-school and of their mutual relationship, and Alceste software