Topics to be addressed in this unit include:<br/>• Youth cultures and identity formation, including identities as learners, workers and members of peer groups and families;<br/>• Youth cultures and discourses of responsibility and individual agency;<br/>• Adulthood transitions;<br/>• Discourses of ‘risk’ in post-compulsory education and training;<br/>• Factors influencing school retention;<br/>• National and international approaches to ‘the youth issue’;<br/>• Critique of transition and pathway logics and the expression of these in contemporary youth policies;<br/>• Organisational/community support mechanisms for young people; and<br/>• Communicating with young... -- Course Website
Instructor: J Angwin
