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Somerville, Margaret – Critical Studies in Education, 2013
The aim of this article is to explore aspiration in contemporary urban locations in the context of almost universal policy initiatives to raise aspirations of young people to participate in higher education. The article is based on a study of how children's career and further education aspirations are shaped over time in five schools in western…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Academic Aspiration, Occupational Aspiration, Foreign Countries