Strukturwandel und strukturelle Bildungsungleichheit. Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten am Beispiel der Region Ostsachsen.

Abstract

The article discusses educational inequality in Germany with a special focus on the structural change region of Eastern Saxony. Educational inequality has been increasing since 2018 despite higher educational participation. Theoretically, educational inequality is explained with reference to Boudon's rational choice model and Bourdieu's concept of social habitus. With the help of empirical studies such as PISA and IGLU, the close link between origin and educational success is worked out before turning our attention to a so-called region of structural change. The question is raised as to how the structural problems - lack of teachers, teaching absences, long distances to school and inadequate infrastructure - result in educational disadvantage in such a region. Based on the derived findings, ideas for solutions are presented under the premise that structural change not only harbours dangers for the expansion of educational inequality, but also potential for its minimization.