Walking the Black Country tightrope: the development of white working-class males’ expectations toward (non) participation in higher education
Year: 2020
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Over the last 25 years, a noted disparity in the levels of educational attainment between white working-class males and their more affluent counterparts, has been a common feature of discussion within research and educational policy in the UK.In more recent times, this discourse has widened to highlight a similar disparity in the rates of white working-class males accessing Higher Education.This study seeks to increase understanding of how, against such a backdrop, the white working-class males participating in this research accessed, accrued and mobilised available social, cultural and economic resource to form expectations for their future in education and work.In particular, the inquiry focused on how the participants ' expectations were negotiated in relational engagement with their specific social, geographic and historical context. 8.3.3Widening Participation Practice .......
Author: Alex Blower
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3133589594