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- Title
Hidden speech, private thoughts: a case study in peer conversation and educational choice.
- Authors
Canovan, Cherry; McDonald, Rory; Fallon, Naomi
- Abstract
The role of peer and friendship-group conversation in educational and career choices is of great relevance to widening participation (WP) practitioners, but has been little studied in recent years. We interviewed young people and WP practitioners in Carlisle, an isolated city in the UK, to interrogate this subject. We found that young people were clearly discussing their future choices, sometimes overtly and sometimes in 'unacknowledged conversations'. However some topics and ambitions were seen as 'too private' to discuss; all of our young people had a plan for the future, but many believed that some of their friends did not, possibly because of this constraint. We also discuss the role of older students in informing choices, the phenomenon of 'clustering' that can lead to young people funnelling into certain options, and the role that geographical isolation might play in exacerbating some effects. Finally we give some recommendations for WP practice based on these findings.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; PEER teaching; TEACHING methods; PROFESSIONAL education; VOCATIONAL education
- Publication
Widening Participation & Lifelong Learning, 2021, Vol 23, Issue 1, p148
- ISSN
1466-6529
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5456/WPLL.23.1.148