Directions from School - Atkin, Christopher
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In this book the author investigates the influenceof regional culture on decision making whenconsidering post-school educational choices anddirections from school. The data is provided by lifestory interviews with young people - aged eighteento twenty years - who have followed four pathwaysfrom school in rural Lincolnshire. The work ofBourdieu is used as a theoretical perspective in thedata analysis and conclusions. The researchhighlights the continued importance of family andcommunity in the decision-making processes of youngpeople. The nature of rurality as a social constructis discussed and…mehr

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In this book the author investigates the influenceof regional culture on decision making whenconsidering post-school educational choices anddirections from school. The data is provided by lifestory interviews with young people - aged eighteento twenty years - who have followed four pathwaysfrom school in rural Lincolnshire. The work ofBourdieu is used as a theoretical perspective in thedata analysis and conclusions. The researchhighlights the continued importance of family andcommunity in the decision-making processes of youngpeople. The nature of rurality as a social constructis discussed and conclusions offered as to itspossible effect on preferred post-sixteen pathways.The data supports the conclusion that initiativesdesigned to increase participation rates in post-school education are having some effect butpredominantly among young people predisposed throughfamily and school culture to continuing education.The research will inform all those supporting youngpeople as they consider their post-school choices;including career advisers, teachers' policy makersand social scientists.
Autorenporträt
Dr Chris Atkin is an Associate Professor at the University ofNottingham, specialising in the policy and practice of post-school education in rural communities. He is a member of theUNESCO Centre for Comparative Education Research and has writtenon issues affecting human and social capital development inrural communities.