03379nam 2200733Ia 450 991045699880332120200520144314.01-282-46668-297866124666871-4411-6110-4(CKB)2550000000002386(EBL)476513(OCoLC)558730652(SSID)ssj0000335742(PQKBManifestationID)11241242(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335742(PQKBWorkID)10278185(PQKB)10398416(SSID)ssj0001143284(PQKBManifestationID)12482153(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001143284(PQKBWorkID)11107194(PQKB)11182770(MiAaPQ)EBC476513(Au-PeEL)EBL476513(CaPaEBR)ebr10362024(CaONFJC)MIL246668(OCoLC)893334771(EXLCZ)99255000000000238620090519d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChildren's lives, children's futures[electronic resource] a study of children starting secondary school /Paul Croll, Gaynor Attwood, and Carol FullerLondon ;New York Continuum International Pub. Groupc20101 online resource (202 p.)Continuum studies in educational researchDescription based upon print version of record.1-4411-2765-8 1-84706-269-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThis 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 teContinuum studies in educational research.Education, SecondaryGreat BritainCase studiesSchool childrenGreat BritainCase studiesSocial adjustmentGreat BritainCase studiesElectronic books.Education, SecondarySchool childrenSocial adjustment373.180941Croll Paul950125Attwood Gaynor1948-999679Fuller Carol H999680MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456998803321Children's lives, children's futures2294717UNINA