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Direct linkSheldon, Nicola – History of Education, 2009
Little attention has been paid to the role of band music in the lives of young people in the first half of the twentieth century. For those in institutional care, musical education represented a rare opportunity to prepare for a specialist career in the armed forces. For the care institutions, the boys' band provided many benefits as it presented…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music, Vocational Education, Military Service
Faulkner, Kathryn M. – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2009
This article draws on material from a case study of a group of young people involved in ongoing public decision-making in a local authority. The group of young people is compared to a political interest group and insights from the literature applied. It is argued that two of the strongest resources the group had to offer adult decision-makers were…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Participative Decision Making, Decision Making, Participation
Atkins, Liz – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2008
This paper discusses the findings of a small-scale qualitative study exploring the aspirations and learning identities of three groups of Level 1 students in two English further education (FE) colleges. Emerging identities are explored in the context of classed and gendered dispositions and the educational positioning of the young people.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Young Adults, Occupational Aspiration, Academic Aspiration
Download full textO'Donnell, Lisa; Bielby, Gill; Golden, Sarah; Morris, Marian; Walker, Matthew; Maguire, Sue – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2007
The Department for Education and Skills (Replace by the Department for Children, Schools and Families as of June 28, 2007) commissioned the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) to conduct an evaluation of the Youth Opportunity Fund and Youth Capital Fund (YOF/YCF). This summary presents the main findings from the interim report of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Young Adults, Youth Opportunities, Research Reports
Roberts, Ken – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2004
This article reviews trends in school-to-work transitions since the 1970s and argues that educational expansion (more young people extending their school and college careers) is a large part of the problem, rather than an actual or potential solution to young people's transition difficulties. The causes of educational expansion are identified as…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries, Human Capital
Dwyer, Peter; Wyn, Johanna – 2001
This book examines how social and economic changes in the past 20 years have affected the lives of Western youth and changed their attitudes toward and experiences of work, education, relationships, and health. Part 1 reviews 10 years of research, policy, and practice related to individuals aged 15-30 in the United Kingdom, Australia, the United…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Attitude Change, Career Development
