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ERIC Number: EJ678864
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0004-9441
Working-Class Families and the New Secondary Education.
Connell, R. W.
Australian Journal of Education, v47 n3 p235-50 Nov 2003
Examined the troubled relation of working-class families to education systems within the context of an Australian reform intended to make upper-secondary education more inclusive, especially through expanded vocational education. Found that families were generally more concerned with their children achieving the new labor market minimum qualification than pursuing meritocratic projects. (EV)
Descriptors: Culture Conflict, Family School Relationship, Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Vocational Education, Working Class
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia