This research project offers a new perspective on post-sixteen transitions. Combing secondary data with narrative accounts it describes how young people in the UK make choices at the end of their compulsory schooling and provides a dynamic model of decision-making and a thorough critique of current research in the area, beyond fashionable concepts.

Auteur
PATRICK WHITE is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology, University of Leicester, UK. He has conducted research on educational and career choice, educational markets and segregation, research capacity building, and the teaching labour market. He is particularly interested in social research methods.

Contenu
Acknowledgements List of Tables List of Figures Abbreviations and Terms Introduction Educational and Career Decision Making: An Introduction to the Issues Methods, Conext and Sample Contextualising Post-Sixteen Transitions: National, Regional and Historical Trends Conceptualising Choice: Types, Stages and Models Choice Motivations in Year 9 Choice Factors and Rationales in Year 11 Destinations, Aspirations and Trajectories Concluding Remarks Appendix Index