Friendship and Educational Choice provides a unique insight into how young people go about making decisions about their educational options and the subtle, yet crucial, influence of friends and peers on these processes.
RACHEL BROOKS is a Lecturer in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of Surrey, UK. She has taught for the Open University and the University of Southampton, and worked as a researcher for the National Foundation for Educational Research.
Innehållsförteckning
Acknowledgements Introduction Purposes and Hierarchies: A Review of the Literature on Higher Education The Practice of Friendship in Late Modernity Differences and Difficulties The Role of Friends and Peers Managing and Maintaining Friendships Conclusion Appendix 1: Information about Emily Davies College Appendix 2: The Higher Education Applications of the Young People Who Took Part in the Research Appendix 3: Friendship Groups Involved in the Research Appendix 4: Details of Fieldwork References
