“what's this got to do with what i do!” contradictory views: students in further education
Open Access
- 1 March 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Vocational Education & Training
- Vol. 49 (1) , 81-106
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13636829700200005
Abstract
The paper explores the experiences of further education of Access and part-time (BTEC Business and Finance and A level sociology) students. It does so by locating this in the socio-economic context, and argues for an analysis that focuses upon the discursive positioning, cultural production and student identity as learners. It examines the similarities and differences in student orientations towards further education by considering vocationalism, academism, instrumentalism, motivation and identity.Keywords
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