Imagining futures : identity narratives and the role of work, education, community and family / Helen Stokes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stokes, Helen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--Australia.

Youth.

Identity (Psychology) in youth--Australia.

Identity (Psychology) in youth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (130 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2012.

Summary:

Young people consider their future at a stage of life when the structure and relative certainty of school and further education are about to be left behind. This book provides an insight into how young people see themselves, the options they think are available to them and the strategies they use to make their imagined futures possible. Ultimately, Imagining Futures is about identity. It draws on the real-life stories and voices of a range of young people—many of whom are in their final years of secondary school or TAFE—to present an eye-opening portrait who they are, who they aim to become and how.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Developing identity narratives

Imagining their futures

Unequal imagined futures

Young people, transitions and life choices

Work as a site for identity development

Post-school futures

Education and the knowledge economy

Identity narratives

Appendix

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780522860955

0522860958

OCLC:

1493612790