Working Class Girls, Education and Post-Industrial Britain - Aspirations and Reality in an Ex-Coalmining Community (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education
Release date:	September 2017
First published:	2018
Authors:	Gill Richards
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	99
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-60899-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	3-319-60899-1
Barcode:	9783319608990

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