Because It's Worth It
Education Beliefs Among Young People and Their Parents in the United Kingdom
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2328702 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gill Jones (0000-0003-2493-9509), Ann O’sullivan, Julia Rouse (0000-0002-0597-2437, Keele University) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 203-226 |
| Publication date | 2004-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Youth & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0044-118X • E-ISSN: 1552-8499 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0044118x04266516 |
| OpenAlex | W2066643936 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 7 |
The expansion of post-16 education in the United Kingdom makes young people more dependent, and for longer, on their parents. Generational change has been so great that parents with no history of postschool education are now expected to support children while they study. Some parents adhere to a working-class belief in selfsufficiency through employment. Others are taking an increasingly instrumental approach, believing that investment in education must pay dividends in job prospects. This article examines young people's pathways between education and work and explores the motivations and pressures underlying choices about which path to take. It identifies uncertain transitions where choices are revised and pathways changed. The research finds that parents have increased power to affect their children's transitions and that young people without parental support are severely disadvantaged. This study of parental support for transitions in youth involved interviews with young people and their parents in two contrasting English towns
Affect (linguistics) · Developmental psychology · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Economics · Investment (military) · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · School-to-work transition · Sociology · Vocational education · Education Systems and Policy · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
Young Adults, Partners and Parents
Challenges in gaining and re-gaining informed consent among young people on the margins of education
Dancing bodies, decaying bodies
Personal Narratives and Policy
Reflections on the curious absence of employers, labour market incentives and labour market regulation in English 14–19 policy
Between rights and obligations – rethinking youth participation at the margins
My mother thought upper secondary school was OK, but then my sibling said no' - Young People's Perceptions of the Involvement of Parents and Siblings in their Future Choices
Hopes for the Future
Floating Downstream? Parental Support and Future Expectations of Young People from Less Privileged Backgrounds
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2016 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |