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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Researching "With", Not "On": Engaging Marginalised Learners in the Research Process
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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
Travelling Hopefully: An Exploration of the Limited Possibilities for Level 1 Students in the English Further Education System
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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
Foundation GNVQ: An Invisible Cohort?
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Atkins, Liz – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2005
This article considers the implications of current government education policy for those learners within the English post-compulsory sector undertaking General National Vocational Qualification (GNVQ) Foundation (level 1) programmes. It argues that within the current policy context, a lower value is placed on young people working towards certain…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Postsecondary Education, Qualifications, Educational Policy