Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ545313
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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Educating Discouraged Workers': Cultural Diversity in the Upper Secondary School.
Biggart, Andy; Furlong, Andy
British Journal of Sociology of Education, v17 n3 p253-66 Sep 1996
Examines the changing social character of upper secondary schools (noncompulsory education, generally regarded as a stepping stone to university) in England. Previously, upper secondary students tended to be academic high achievers, however, a shrinking job market has created an influx of working class youth. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adolescents, Alienation, Continuing Education, Dropouts, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Secondary Education, Student Attrition, Student Characteristics, Trade and Industrial Education, Working Class
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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