This book explores the aspirations of 'working class' girls' in an ex-mining community in the UK. It highlights the difficulties present in these 'post-industrial' settings, which are often areas of severe deprivation, and questions whether these place limitations on the achievements of the girls within the community. Based on an eight-year longitudinal study of girls in three primary schools and two secondary schools which differed in levels of attainment, the book examines the girls' initial aspirations, decision-making, and later achievements when in post-compulsory education. It will be compelling reading for students, academics and practitioners in Education, offering a unique appreciation of how working-class girls balance their own aspirations with the educational opportunities perceived to be available to them.
- ISBN: 978-3-319-60899-0
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 99
- Fecha Publicación: 03/10/2017
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés