Young people's aspirations for education, work, family and leisure
Young people are arguably facing more ‘complex and contested’ transitions to adulthood and an increasing array of ‘non-linear’ paths. Education and training have been extended, identity is increasingly shaped through leisure and consumerism and youth must navigate their life trajectories in hi...
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2011
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| author | McDonald, P. Pini, Barbara Bailey, J. Price, R. |
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| description | Young people are arguably facing more ‘complex and contested’ transitions to adulthood and
an increasing array of ‘non-linear’ paths. Education and training have been extended, identity is
increasingly shaped through leisure and consumerism and youth must navigate their life trajectories
in highly individualised ways. The study utilises 819 short essays compiled by students aged 14–16
years from 19 schools in Australia. It examines how young people understand their own unique
positions and the possibilities open to them through their aspirations and future orientations
to employment and family life. These young people do not anticipate postponing work identities,
but rather embrace post-school options such as gaining qualifications, work experience and
achieving financial security. Boys expected a distant involvement in family life secondary to
participation in paid work. In contrast, around half the girls simultaneously expected a future
involving primary care-giving and an autonomous, independent career, suggesting attempts to
remake gendered inequalities. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-492602017-09-20T00:00:57Z Young people's aspirations for education, work, family and leisure McDonald, P. Pini, Barbara Bailey, J. Price, R. Young people are arguably facing more ‘complex and contested’ transitions to adulthood and an increasing array of ‘non-linear’ paths. Education and training have been extended, identity is increasingly shaped through leisure and consumerism and youth must navigate their life trajectories in highly individualised ways. The study utilises 819 short essays compiled by students aged 14–16 years from 19 schools in Australia. It examines how young people understand their own unique positions and the possibilities open to them through their aspirations and future orientations to employment and family life. These young people do not anticipate postponing work identities, but rather embrace post-school options such as gaining qualifications, work experience and achieving financial security. Boys expected a distant involvement in family life secondary to participation in paid work. In contrast, around half the girls simultaneously expected a future involving primary care-giving and an autonomous, independent career, suggesting attempts to remake gendered inequalities. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49260 10.1177/0950017010389242 Sage Publications restricted |
| spellingShingle | McDonald, P. Pini, Barbara Bailey, J. Price, R. Young people's aspirations for education, work, family and leisure |
| title | Young people's aspirations for education, work, family and leisure |
| title_full | Young people's aspirations for education, work, family and leisure |
| title_fullStr | Young people's aspirations for education, work, family and leisure |
| title_full_unstemmed | Young people's aspirations for education, work, family and leisure |
| title_short | Young people's aspirations for education, work, family and leisure |
| title_sort | young people's aspirations for education, work, family and leisure |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49260 |