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Choice, Pathways and Transitions Post-16: New Youth, New Economics in the Global City (Studies in Inclusive Education Series)
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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: #3468001 in Books
- Published on: 2000-07-27
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 208 pages
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
This internationally appealing book is based on a two-year case study of 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 looks at their choices, the market behaviour of local education and training providers and those who help and advise these choices. The authors show that recent and current political policies for post-16 education disadvantage, marginalise and exclude young people rather than improve their life chances. The book draws together the major issues and attempts to suggest alternative ways forward for a more inclusive post-16 education and training system.
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.
