Problems and Challenges of Measuring Foreign Educational Qualifications
Problems and Challenges of Measuring Foreign Educational Qualifications: the case of NEPS Expert Workshop „Comparative analyses of longitudinal educational outcomes“ DIW Berlin 27. 11. 2019 Elena Chincarini
OUTLINE • National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) • Project: NEPS Sociodemography • Instrument: Parents' educational qualification • New Instrument: a possible solution? • Further steps • Questions and Discussion Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de
OUTLINE • National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) • Project: NEPS Sociodemography • Instrument: Parents' educational qualification • New Instrument: a possible solution? • Further steps • Questions and Discussion Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de
• Study carried out at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIf. Bi) • Rich longitudinal data about development of competencies, educational processes, decisions and return to education throughout the life span • Based on a multi-cohort sequence design with a life course perspective Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de
• From 2009 till 2012 were sampled more than 60, 000 people in six starting cohort • Interviews to target person and various actors, such as parents, caregivers, (kindergarten/school) teachers, school director, ect. depending on the stage of life (CAPI/CATI/CAWI) SC 1: newborns SC 2: kindergarten SC 3: grade 5 SC 4: grade 9 SC 5: 1 st-year-students SC 6: adults Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de
• Future of NEPS: - 2021/2022: starting the moratorium SC 2, SC 3 & SC 5 - SC 3 & SC 4 both in the SC 6 sample - From 2023 wider intervals for SC 1 • Therefore a resampling is needed with three new starting cohorts: - SC 7: newborns, - SC 8: grade 5 - SC 6_refreshing: adults Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de
OUTLINE • National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) • Project: NEPS Sociodemography • Instrument: Parents' educational qualification • New Instrument: a possible solution? • Further steps • Questions and Discussion Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de
NEPS SOCIODEMOGRAPHY LIf. Bi e. V. an der Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Tel. +49 951 863 -3400 | Fax +49 951 863 -3411 | contact@lifbi. de | www. lifbi. de 8
NEPS SOCIODEMOGRAPHY • Significant educational gaps from different socio-economic, demographic backgrounds • Project launched in 2018 • Responsibility for optimizing and managing sociodemographic measures • The measurement of sociodemographic information in NEPS was previously decentralized (no central responsibility and no clear expertise) • This decentralized approach led to a number of imperfect measures (i. e. , measurement of educational degrees received outside of Germany) Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de
OUTLINE • National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) • Project: NEPS Sociodemography • Instrument: Parents' educational qualification • New Instrument: a possible solution? • Further steps • Questions and Discussion Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de
PARENTS´ EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION • Parents of all target people (children) were interviewed up to the 9. grade • One parent gave information about her/his own education qualification and about the partner´s educational qualification (proxy) • Mainly CATI interviews (only in SC 1 few CAPI) • Highest educational qualification achieved reflecting the categories of the German school system • Goal: target children' background information Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de
PARENTS´ EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION • Problematic for people with foreign educational qualification • Reporting their qualification as its equivalence in the German school system • Peculiar sharp distinction between general school and vocational/tertiary education relevant only in German speaking countries • Resulting in a great number of “open answers” or “don´t know” • Impossibility of deriving International Classification ISCED and CASMIN Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de
PARENTS´ EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION IDENTIKIT – myself • Italian school-leaving qualification - Liceo scientifico: higher secondary education or high school specializing in scientific subjects; 13 years • - University degrees in Italy and in the Netherlands B. A. in Sociology (Italy); 3 years M. A. in Sociology and Social Research (Italy); 2 years M. Sc. in Sociology (the Netherlands); 1 year • Research associate at the LIf. Bi Institute (Germany) - Since 4 years in Germany Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de
PARENTS´ EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION SC 1: wave 6 (SUF version), Parents´questionnaire (CAPI/CATI) Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de
PARENTS´ EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION SC 1: wave 6 (SUF version), Parents´questionnaire (CAPI/CATI) Open question Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de
PARENTS´ EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION SC 1: wave 6 (SUF version), Parents´questionnaire (CAPI/CATI) Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de
PARENTS´ EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION SC 1: wave 6 (SUF version), Parents´questionnaire (CAPI/CATI) 13 7 Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de End school-leaving qualification -> go to vocational qualification
PARENTS´ EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION SC 1: wave 6 (SUF version), Parents´questionnaire (CAPI/CATI) End school-leaving qualification -> go to vocational qualification Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de
PARENTS´ EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION SC 1: wave 6 (SUF version), Parents´questionnaire (CAPI/CATI) Questions about vocational training/ higher education (tertiary educational level) Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de
PARENTS´ EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION SC 1: wave 6 (SUF version), Parents´questionnaire (CAPI/CATI) [1]: in Germany [2]: in the country, where the interviewed completely the schoolleaving qualification [3]: in another country Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de
PARENTS´ EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION SC 1: wave 6 (SUF version), Parents´questionnaire (CAPI/CATI) Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de
PARENTS´ EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION SC 1: wave 6 (SUF version), Parents´questionnaire (CAPI/CATI) 5 End of the module • Higher education is not vocational training for people with foreign qualifications • Does it refer to the highest degree obtained (namely Master degree – 2 years)? Or to the general university (3 + 2)? Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de
OUTLINE • National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) • Project: NEPS Sociodemography • Instrument: Parents' educational qualification • New Instrument: a possible solution? • Further steps • Questions and Discussion Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de
NEW INSTRUMENT • Development of a new instrument foreign qualifications for parents (SC 8) in CATI (In collaboration with Silke Schneider (GESIS)) • Core development: combining education (Schulbildung) and vocational path (Ausbildung) • Developing a question with potential answer categories that are countryagnostic, allowing anyone from any country to be able to identify themselves • Developing an alternative ISCED coding scheme to allow seamless comparison between German and foreign degrees • Structuring instrument allowing a combination of German and foreign degrees (i. e. school degree in Turkey, then vocational training/university in Germany or high school in Germany then university in UK) Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de
OUTLINE • National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) • Project: NEPS Sociodemography • Instrument: Parents' educational qualification • New Instrument: a possible solution? • Further steps • Questions and Discussion Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de
FURTHER STEPS: COGNITIV PRETEST • 2020: cognitive qualitative Pre-test • 2. Waves in total: - 1 wave: January/February CATI interviews - 2 wave: February/March qualitative interviews via Camera • Sampling, according to the distribution of ethnic groups in Germany (Mikrozensus, 2018) Turkey Russia Poland Arabic countries Tertiary education 2 2 Higher or lower secondary education 4 4 Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de
OUTLINE • National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) • Project: NEPS Sociodemography • Instrument: Parents' educational qualification • New Instrument: a possible solution? • Further steps • Questions and Discussion Elena Chincarini| LIf. Bi e. V. | Wilhelmsplatz 3 | 96047 Bamberg Projekt NEPS Sociodemography | Phone: +49 951 863 -3795 | elena. chincarini@lifbi. de
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION Wilhelmsplatz 3 96047 Bamberg, Germany Phone: +49 951 863 -3400 Fax: +49 951 863 -3411 www. lifbi. de contact@lifbi. de
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