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Becoming Somebody: Exploring Aspirations and Pathways to Social Mobility amongst Youth in Sri Lanka
- Source :
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Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education . 2024 54(3):368-385. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Formal education has all too often been portrayed as a means of achieving social and economic mobility, there is a need to address the unequal footing for adolescents in the Global South attempting to achieve social mobility through education. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in Sri Lanka, this article considers the impact of upward mobility-driven discourses of the North on the type of aspirations formed by adolescents in the Global South, and the social implications that arise as a result. Through observation, interviews and focus groups carried out at a secondary school for girls and a private tuition centre in Sri Lanka, the paper considers the value given to private tuition compared to government-funded schooling. In doing so, it examines the implications of mobility-driven discourses on the schooling experiences of adolescents in the Global South, particularly the heightening of educational and social inequalities.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0305-7925 and 1469-3623
- Volume :
- 54
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1419220
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2023.2205544