Becoming Educated: Young People's Narratives of Disadvantage, Class, Place and Identity

By John Smyth

Book Overview

Becoming Educated examines the education of young people, especially those from the most 'disadvantaged' contexts. This book shifts the focus to matters such as taking social class into consideration, puncturing notions of poverty and disadvantage, understanding neighborhoods as places of hope and creating spaces within which to listen to young peoples' aspirations.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 143312212X
• ISBN13: 9781433122125
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"