In recent years, there has been a strong movement towards establishing childhood studies
as a multi-/inter-disciplinary subject. Childhood researchers from sociology, psychology, law …

Young people's aspirations remain an enduring focus of education policy interest and
concern. Drawing on data from an ongoing five-year study of young people's science and …

Educational and occupational aspirations have become an important reference point in
policy debates about educational inequality. Low aspirations are presented as a major …

Understanding Young People's Science Aspirations offers new evidence and understanding
about how young people develop their aspirations for education, learning and, ultimately …

Is there life after death for secondary education? This book focuses upon the quality of
learning.'Reform', so called, too often begins with qualifications, examinations, institutional …

Teachers and governments all agree that if you wish to raise educational standards then it's
imperative to improve school attendance, and yet an average of around ten per cent of …

The subject of this paper is employer engagement in education. In this, the authors consider
the range of different ways that employers can support the learning and progression of …

Aspirations can be important for young children as well as adolescents. However, there is
little research on the determinants of aspirations in young children. We carried out this study …

The issue of levels of participation in post‐compulsory education has been emphasised by
the current policy initiatives to increase the age to which some form of participation is …

In this paper we explore the role of outdoor residential experiences on the sense of efficacy
and examination attainment of a group of under achieving students from socially …