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Geographical dimensions of imagined futures: post school participation in education and work in peri-urban and regional Australia
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posted on 2014-01-01, 00:00 authored by S C Webb, Ros BlackRos Black, S J Plowright, R Morton, Reshmi RoyThis paper discusses preliminary findings from a sub-set of empirical data collected for a recent NCVER study that explored the geographic dimensions of social exclusion in four locations in Victoria and South Australia with lower than average post school education participation. Set against the policy context of the Bradley Review (2008) and the drive to increase the post-school participation of young people from low socio-economic status neighbourhoods, this qualitative research study, responding to identified gaps in the literature, sought a nuanced understanding of how young people make decisions about their post-school pathways. Drawing on Appadurai’s (2004) concept ‘horizons of aspiration’ the paper explores the aspirations of two young people formed from, and within, their particular rural ‘neighborhoods’. The paper reveals how their post-school education and work choices, imagined futures and conceptions of a ‘good life’, have topographic and gendered influences that are important considerations for policy makers.
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Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association Annual ConferencePagination
1 - 20Publisher
Australian Vocational Education and Training Research AssociationLocation
CairnsPlace of publication
Crows Nest, N.S.W.Start date
2014-04-22End date
2014-04-24ISBN-13
978-0-9805275-3-7Language
engPublication classification
E1.1 Full written paper - refereedCopyright notice
2014, Australian Vocational Education and Training Research AssociationTitle of proceedings
Refereed proceedings, annual meeting of the Australian Vocational Education and Training Research AssociationUsage metrics
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