Rethinking School-to-Work Transitions in Australia Young People Have Something to Say /

• Main Authors: Down, Barry (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Smyth, John (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Robinson, Janean (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Critical Studies of Education ; 6
• Subjects: Schools.; Educational sociology.; Higher education.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education-Curricula.; Professional education.; Vocational education.; Schools and Schooling.; Sociology of Education.; Higher Education.; Curriculum Studies.; Professional & Vocational Education.

This book draws on the stories of thirty-two young Australians to identify the barriers and obstacles they face in 'getting a job' in precarious times and from their vantage point. It maps the kinds of educational policies and practices that need to be created and more widely sustained to...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Doing Critical Ethnography
• 3 Growing up in Neoliberal Times
• 4 Rethinking Class and Deficit Thinking
• 5 Transitioning to Adulthood
• 6 Reinvigorating Pedagogy
• 7 Giving all Students a Fair Go
• 8 Understanding Young Lives
• 9 Conclusion
• References
• About the Authors
• Subject Index.