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'Ordinary Kids' Navigating Geographies of Educational Opportunity in the Context of an Australian 'Place-Based Intervention'
- Source :
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Journal of Education Policy . 2014 29(3):285-301. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- This paper addresses the vexed educational policy aspects of area-based "interventions (ABIs) in neighbourhoods designated as "disadvantaged" in an Australian context. We find that the way in which the policy of ABIs is supposed to operate and impact education is highly problematic. What we present instead in this paper is a much more complex process by which aspirations are formed, sustained, contested and maintained by young people who regard themselves as "ordinary" and as being engaged instead in a process of navigating educational opportunities on the basis of resources available to them.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0268-0939
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Journal of Education Policy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1031061
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2013.794304