Thought provoking!
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I read this book as a focus for an assignment in the third year of my BA in Education studies and the results of the researchers findings are very interesting.
There are some detailed case studies of particular young people who took part in the research, and their transitions from compulsory schooling to FE, but even more interesting is the notion of social mobility. The different strategies used by parents who are involved in their childrens educational choices post 16 are also clearly evident in the research findings.
The main theme running throughout the book is that the idea of having 'choices' is actually misleading because many young people in society actually only have a few choices depending on their socio economic background and other factors.
As with any research you can pick it apart and find some flaws, but I think that most readers of this book will find the subject matter very interesting and food for thought.
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