Rethinking Widening Participation in Higher Education - The Role of Social Networks

Informationen zum Autor Alison Fuller is Professor of Education and Work in the School of Education, University of Southampton, UK. Sue Heath is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, UK. Brenda Johnston is Senior Research Fellow in the School of Education, University of Southampton, UK. Zusammenfassung Extending higher education to people from diverse backgrounds and widening participation is a current international priority. This study, based on empirical data, is the first of its kind examining why people choose not to enter higher education Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Making Sense of Complex Social Network Data 2. Moving On Up? Exploring Narratives of Educational Progression 3. The Impact of School Experience on Progression Decisions 4. The Relevance of Social Capital to Understanding Decision-making in Networks 5. Career and Education Decision-making of Non-participants and their Networks 6. The Extent to which Higher Education is Conceived as ‘Within the Bounds of the Possible’ 7. Policy, Practice and the ‘New Widening Participation’

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• Authors: Alison Heath Fuller
• Assisted by: Alison Fuller (Editor), Fuller Alison (Editor), Sue Heath (Editor), Brenda Johnston (Editor), Johnston Brenda (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.04.2011
• EAN: 9780415575645
• ISBN: 978-0-415-57564-5
• No. of pages: 166
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Adult & Continuing Education, EDUCATION / Research, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Philosophy and theory of education, Adult education, continuous learning, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher