Children's lives, children's futures : a study of children starting secondary school / Paul Croll, Gaynor Attwood, and Carol Fuller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Croll, Paul.

Contributor:

Attwood, Gaynor, 1948-

Fuller, Carol H.

Series:

Continuum studies in educational research.

Continuum studies in educational research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Secondary--Great Britain--Case studies.

Education, Secondary.

School children--Great Britain--Case studies.

School children.

Social adjustment--Great Britain--Case studies.

Social adjustment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, c2010.

Language Note:

English

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 American te

Contents:

Contents; List of tables; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Children and the future; 3 Educational futures: children's intentions for educational participation; 4 Children's occupational choices; 5 What children think about school; 6 Children as learners; 7 Early exits and negative attitudes; 8 Present and future: schools, structure, agency; Appendix 1: The research project; Appendix 2: Supplementary tables; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-46668-2

9786612466687

1-4411-6110-4

OCLC:

558730652