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Record Nr.

UNINA9911049163303321

Autore

Wang Junchen

Titolo

Youth Experience of Educational Transition in China : Temporality and Family / / by Ziyu Wang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

981-9544-26-2

9789819544264

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 pages)

Collana

Social Sciences Series

Disciplina

305.2

306.87

Soggetti

Sociology

Social groups

Educational sociology

Sociology, Urban

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

Sociology of Education

Urban Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

-- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Social Changes and Youth in China -- Chapter 3: Youth, temporality, and family -- Chapter 4: Futurity, ceaselessness and the drive to academic success -- Chapter 5: Waithood, slowness and the emergence of open futures -- Chapter 6: Parenting practices in educational decision-making -- Chapter 7: Young people’s agency and ‘doing’ families for educational choices -- Chapter 8: Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the lived experiences of urban young people as they navigate their educational transitions by tackling temporal orientations, futurity, social class, parenting, youth agency and emotional practices. Grounded in empirical data, this book contextualizes the educational transitions within the broader contexts of biography, temporality and family. Moving beyond conventional views that frame educational transitions as simple outcomes, this book



repositions them as processes of negotiation involving young people, families and schools. By focusing on the social aspects of educational transition, this work reveals individuals’ engagement within educational and temporality norms, class hierarchies, family relationship environment that contribute to processes of educational biography construction. It underscores strategies, constraints, interdependence, emotions, challenges and vulnerabilities during young people’s navigation of education transitions. Aimed at researchers, educators and policymakers, this book provides insights into the intersections of temporality, education and family, illuminating the complexities and the reproduction of new and persistent inequalities of decision-making and trajectories orientation within educational system for contemporary young people.