Post-compulsory participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
education is an ongoing international concern and forms a key motivation underpinning the …

Are socioeconomic inequalities in education declining? Is socioeconomic background
becoming less important for people's occupational class or status? How important is …

In this paper, we identify patterns of subject and qualification choices made at age 14. Much
of the previous research on 'subject choice'has focussed on the later stages of educational …

The subjects that young people study from age 14 onwards may have important
consequences for their future academic and labour market outcomes. These decisions are …

The reasons why students from lower socio‐economic groups are under‐represented at
high status universities are not yet entirely understood, but evidence suggests that part of the …

By exploring the material-discursive production of gender norms in Australian secondary
schools, this book offers a novel feminist posthuman new materialist perspective on how …

This paper considers whether subject choice at 14–16 influences post-16 transitions, taking
into account prior academic attainment and school characteristics, and if so, whether this …

The rise of STEM education, and the twenty first century skills movement, and the
increasingly technologically driven nature of our world, has pushed technology education to …

This paper explores levels of achievement amongst boys who attended a selective school in
Birmingham, UK through consideration of their attainment, social background and ethnicity …

Why do girls study art and why do girls become primary teachers? This book examines and
reveals the powerful influence of the family, the school and the state in shaping female …