Children's lives, children's futures : a study of children starting secondary school /

Children's lives, children's futures : a study of children starting secondary school /

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Author / Creator:	Croll, Paul.
Imprint:	London ; New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, ©2010.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 191 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Continuum studies in educational research Continuum studies in educational research.
Subject:	Education, Secondary -- Great Britain -- Case studies. School children -- Great Britain -- Case studies. Social adjustment -- Great Britain -- Case studies. Education, Secondary. School children. Social adjustment. Great Britain. Electronic books. Case studies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11199781

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Other authors / contributors:	Attwood, Gaynor, 1948- Fuller, Carol H.
ISBN:	9781441161109 1441161104 9781847062697 1282466682 9781282466685 9786612466687 6612466685
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-184) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	This€highly topical monograph focuses on how children in their first year of high school feel about school, its place in their lives and its role in their futures. The theoretical context of the study is the focus in educational studies on children's voice and children's active role in education, together with the focus in the sociology of childhood on children as active constructors of their lives and childhood as a subject of serious study. The importance of young people's life plans and the alignment between education and ambitions was recognised in the Sloan Foundation study of Americ.
Other form:	Print version: Croll, Paul. Children's lives, children's futures. London ; New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, ©2010 9781847062697

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Summary:	In many Western societies there is concern that children from less advantaged social backgrounds have limited aspirations, and are disproportionately unlikely to go to university. Children's Lives, Children's Futures explores how children in their first year of secondary school feel about school, its place in their lives and its role in their futures. The authors use child voice to look at the ways in which children are active constructors of their lives, and the implications this has for the alignment between education and ambition.The authors explore the nature of children's engagement with education, the choices and constraints they experience and the reasons some young people fail to take advantage of educational opportunities.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (x, 191 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-184) and index.
ISBN:	9781441161109 1441161104 9781847062697 1282466682 9781282466685 9786612466687 6612466685