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UNINA9910779899603321 |
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Autore |
Laming Madeleine Mattarozzi |
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Titolo |
The new inheritors [[electronic resource] ] : transforming young people's expectations of university / / Madeleine Mattarozzi Leming |
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Rotterdam, : Sense Publishers, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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94-6091-620-1 |
94-6091-621-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2012.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (141 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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College students - Australia |
College students - Australia - Social conditions |
College students - Australia - Attitudes |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. The changing context of Australian university education -- pt. 2. Transforming young people's expectations of university. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This groundbreaking book examines why the majority of Australian school leavers want to go to university and have resisted government attempts to promote alternative forms of tertiary education. The New Inheritors explores differences in young people’s understanding of the purpose of university and their reasons for wanting to enrol. The book reveals that although there has been a general shift in values towards the utilitarian perspective, there is still significant support for the traditional liberal idea of university education as a cultural experience. This support is concentrated in well-educated families, regardless of their financial resources, but there is a substantial number of young people from less well-educated families who have absorbed the liberal perspective. The book begins with an extensive and unique overview of changes in Australian federal government tertiary education policy and changes in the public discourse on education. This overview provides a framework against which differences among today’s students are examined in detail. Drawing on a study of over 200 secondary school students from diverse backgrounds The New Inheritors records their attitudes to university – including access, fees and the role of |
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