{"product_id":"educational-choices-transitions-and-aspirations-in-europe-9780367488123","title":"Educational Choices Transitions and Aspirations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEducational Choices, Transitions and Aspirations in Europe\u003c\/em\u003e analyses educational choices and transitions in eight different European countries\/regions and provides an engaging means of considering issues of inequality through international comparisons. The book is underpinned by explorations of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches, which share the common goal of highlighting and challenging educational inequalities in relation to political imaginings and discursive constructions of notions of aspirations and choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with an overview of the theoretical landscape, the book posits ways of understanding transitional experiences through both a social and a political lens. Comprising of chapters that explore these issues within the context of specific countries and at different stages of young peopleâs transitions, the collection examines the features of different European education systems and how they frame transitions and choices, before provid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This books provides excellent insight into young people's educational choices being neither individual nor structural but relational.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndreas Walther\u003c\/b\u003e, Goethe-University of Frankfurt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart I. Introduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eSetting the scene for the analysis. Aina Tarabini (Autonomous University of Barcelona) and Nicola Ingram (University of Lancaster)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Theoretical and conceptual perspective\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Working class educational failure: theoretical perspectives, discursive concerns, and methodological approaches. Diane Reay (University of Cambridge). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Student aspiration and transition as capabilities for navigating education systems. Trevor Gale and Stephen Parker (Glasgow University).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. Primary School Transitions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Transition from primary to secondary education in a rigidly tracked system: the case of Flanders. Simon Boone, Marie Seghers and Mieke Van Houtte (University of Ghent).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Working-class boys and educational success in a socially divisive secondary education system: lessons from Belfast (Northern Ireland). Nicola Ingram (University of Lancaster).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV. Secondary School Transitions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Framing youth educational choices at the end of compulsory schooling: the Catalan case.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eAina Tarabini, Marta Curran, Alba Castejón, Alejandro Montes (Autonomous University of Barcelona).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Choosing the right track. Educational decisions and inequalities within the Italian educational system. Marco Romito (University of Milan).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Social class, institutional habitus and high school choices in Turkey. Çetin Celik (Koç University),\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V. Higher Education Transitions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. National framing and local reframing of students’ transition to higher education in France: limitations and pitfalls. Agnès van Zanten, Alice Olivier, Anne-Claudine Oller, Katrina Ulhy (Science Po, Paris).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Preparatory course market and access to higher education in Finland: pocketful or pockets-full-of money needed? Sonja Kosunen, Hanna Ahtiainen and Marju Töyrylä (University of Helsinki)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Higher education students as consumers? Evidence from England. Rachel Brooks and Jessica Abrahams (University of Surrey).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI. Conclusions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Social Inequalities in Educational Choices Transitions and Aspirations in Europe. Nicola Ingram (University of Lancaster) and Aina Tarabini (Autonomous University of Barcelona)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017923920215,"sku":"9780367488123","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367488123.jpg?v=1750775097","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/educational-choices-transitions-and-aspirations-in-europe-9780367488123","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}