Belonging, Identity, Time and Young People's Engagement in the Middle Years of School

Overview

This book explores the complex ways in which belonging, identity and time are entangled in shaping young people’s engagement with the middle years of school. The authors argue that these ‘entanglements’ need to be understood in ways that move beyond a focus on why individual young people engage with the middle years.

Focus and Approach

Instead, there should be a focus on the socio-ecologies of particular places, and the ways in which these ecologies shape the possibilities of young people engaging productively in the middle years.

Research and Audience

Drawing on extensive qualitative data from an outer-urban metropolitan context, this book will appeal to scholars of sociology, education and policy studies.