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Atkins, Liz – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2017
Little work on the significance and implications of decision-making has been undertaken since that led by Hodkinson in the 1990s, and the experiences of young people on vocational programmes and their reasons for undertaking them remain under-theorised and poorly understood. Drawing on two narratives from a study exploring young people's…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Decision Making, Vocational Education, Career Choice
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Atkins, Liz – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2013
This paper discusses practical and methodological issues arising from a case study exploring the hopes, aspirations and learning identities of three groups of students undertaking low-level broad vocational programmes in two English general further education colleges. Working within a social justice theoretical framework the paper outlines the…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Disadvantaged, Continuing Education, Foreign Countries