|
Choice, Pathways and Transitions Post-16: New Youth, New Economics in the Global City (Studies in Inclusive Education Series)
|
| List Price: | £34.99 |
| Price: | £33.24 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Delivery on orders over £5. Details |
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk
18 new or used available from £14.96
Average customer review:
Product Description
This book studies a group of young people as they move through their final year of mandatory schooling and into their first year of post-16 experience. It suggests ways forward for a more inclusive post-16 education and training system.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #582204 in Books
- Published on: 2000-07-27
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 208 pages
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
Choice, Pathways and Transition Post-16 is about the complex transitions from compulsory schooling through the period of post-adolescence of one small group of young people in south London. Using detailed and fascinating case studies, it analyses the choices and constraints which frame the identities and experiences of these young people.
The choices made by the young people in this recent four year study for the most part bear little resemblance to the calculative, individualistic, consumer rationalism which predominates official texts. The authors argue that the current market paradigm for education and training - rather than emphasising choice and diversity - is in fact a dangerous illusion which serves to reinforce patterns of exclusion.
Written for principals, administrators and policy makers in higher and further education and secondary schooling, as well as for undergraduates and researchers in education, social policy, youth studies and cultural studies, this book provides powerful evide
Customer Reviews
Thought provoking!
I read this book as a focus for an assignment in the third year of my BA in Education studies and the results of the researchers findings are very interesting.
There are some detailed case studies of particular young people who took part in the research, and their transitions from compulsory schooling to FE, but even more interesting is the notion of social mobility. The different strategies used by parents who are involved in their childrens educational choices post 16 are also clearly evident in the research findings.
The main theme running throughout the book is that the idea of having 'choices' is actually misleading because many young people in society actually only have a few choices depending on their socio economic background and other factors.
As with any research you can pick it apart and find some flaws, but I think that most readers of this book will find the subject matter very interesting and food for thought.
