Understanding temporality and future orientation for young women in the senior year

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ID2937445
AuthorsShane Duggan (The University of Melbourne, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume38
Issue6
Pages795-806
Publication date2017-11-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDiscourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0159-6306 • E-ISSN: 1469-3739
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01596306.2016.1173650
OpenAlexW2328331269
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited21

This article considers how time is imagined, lived, and desired in young women’s lives as they undertake their final year of secondary school studies in Melbourne, Australia. It argues that economic and competitive imperatives have intensified for many young people in recent times, manifesting in an educational apparatus that increasingly defines the parameters of success and achievement in terms of self-regulation and personal responsibility, and that this is particularly pronounced for young people as they prepare for, and aspire towards tertiary pathways. This article draws upon interviews and a-synchronous ‘blog’ posts from two young women who participated in a year-long study of young people enrolled in their final year of secondary school studies. It suggests that the intensification, compression, and control of time in educational discourse around the senior year plays a powerful role in self-making for young women in particular

Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Pedagogy · Sociology · Temporality · Young adult · Gender Studies · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research · Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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