Children's Lives, Children's Futures: A Study of Children Starting Secondary School
Dec 2009 · A&C Black
Ebook
202
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About this ebook
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.
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.
About the author
Paul Croll is Professor in the Institute of Education at the University of Reading, UK.
Gaynor Attwood is Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of the West of England, UK.
Carol Fuller is Lecturer in the Institute of Education at the University of Reading, UK.
Anthony Haynes is former Chair of the English Association schools committee, former faculty co-ordinator and mentor of PGCE students and NQTs.
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