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Garth Stahl; Stig-Börje Asplund; Laura Scholes – Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, 2024
Internationally, boys from working-class backgrounds are often the most likely to disengage from their formal education. Research on the educational experience of working-class boys has focused heavily on their identity barriers, often positioning these young men as either vulnerable or volatile in their formal education. Social theorists have…
Descriptors: Working Class, Self Concept, Masculinity, Males
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Sarah Boodt – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2024
Global education policy discourse is based on an unshakable belief that more and improved skills will promote economic prosperity, global competitiveness and social inclusion. In England, the Further Education and Skills sector (FES) has emerged as the vehicle to deliver these skills. However, the portrayal of FES as focusing primarily on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Educational Policy, Skills