ERIC Number: EJ1089947
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Feb
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-1926
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Framing the Geographies of Higher Education Participation: Schools, Place and National Identity
Donnelly, Michael; Evans, Ceryn
British Educational Research Journal, v42 n1 p74-92 Feb 2016
This paper considers the role of schools, place and national identity in shaping the ways in which young people make sense of the geography of higher education choice in the Welsh context. Drawing on two qualitative studies, it illustrates how attachment to nationhood and localities, as well as the internal processes of schools, bear upon the geographical mobility of young people living in Wales. The analyses suggest that this choice-making process, and the ways in which young people rationalised these decisions about where to study, varies according to where they lived and which school they attended. The paper illustrates the importance of moving beyond exclusively social-class based analyses of university choice making and embracing the significance of school and place in young people's geographical mobility.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Geographic Distribution, Geographic Location, Qualitative Research, College Choice, Attachment Behavior, Student Mobility, Student Attitudes, Attribution Theory, School Location, Nationalism, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Wales)
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