SCHOOLING, SELECTION AND SOCIAL MOBILITY OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS: AN EXPLORATION THROUGH STORIES OF LIFELONG LEARNING JOURNEYS
dc.contributor.author | Gristy, Cath | |
dc.contributor.author | Letherby, G | |
dc.contributor.author | Watkins, R | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-24T16:57:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-04-24T16:57:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-04-15 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0007-1005 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1467-8527 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/13734 | |
dc.description.abstract |
This paper explores the impact of selection by ability in schooling systems on individual lives. It draws on narratives collected with a group of 18 people (accessed through a local U3A group) who were at school in Britain in a period from the 1940s through to the 1960s. This period saw significant changes in society and to schooling following the 1944 Education Act and the so-called tripartite school system which ensued. Drawing on the concept of the ‘sociological imagination’, the ‘personal troubles’ of individuals are drawn together with the ‘public issue’ of a national schooling system that segregated children by ability. Analysis of the narratives reveals the selection tests based on ability (the 11+) to be a key fulcrum in all their lives. The paper contributes to ongoing debates about selection, equity and social justice in contemporary schooling systems. | |
dc.format.extent | 1-17 | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) | |
dc.subject | selection | |
dc.subject | ability | |
dc.subject | sociological imagination | |
dc.subject | eleven plus | |
dc.subject | narratives | |
dc.title | SCHOOLING, SELECTION AND SOCIAL MOBILITY OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS: AN EXPLORATION THROUGH STORIES OF LIFELONG LEARNING JOURNEYS | |
dc.type | journal-article | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
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plymouth.issue | 2 | |
plymouth.volume | 68 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published | |
plymouth.journal | British Journal of Educational Studies | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/00071005.2019.1589416 | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA23 Education | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Institute of Health and Community | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role/Academics | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2019-02-22 | |
dc.rights.embargodate | 2020-10-14 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1467-8527 | |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | Not known | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1080/00071005.2019.1589416 | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2019-04-15 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review |