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

  • Examines the entanglements of belonging, identity and time in the middle years of schools
  • Argues for a focus on the socio-ecologies of particular places, and how they shape the possibilities of young people engaging productively in the middle years
  • Explores the ways in which belonging, identity and time shape young people's engagement at school

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Introduction

    • Seth Brown, Peter Kelly, Scott K. Phillips
    Pages 1-25
  3. Identity

    • Seth Brown, Peter Kelly, Scott K. Phillips
    Pages 27-62
  4. Belonging

    • Seth Brown, Peter Kelly, Scott K. Phillips
    Pages 63-97
  5. Time

    • Seth Brown, Peter Kelly, Scott K. Phillips
    Pages 99-124
  6. Conclusions

    • Seth Brown, Peter Kelly, Scott K. Phillips
    Pages 125-149
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 151-156

About this book

This book explores the complex ways in which belonging, identity and time are entangled in shaping young people 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. 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. Drawing on extensive qualitative data from an outer-urban metropolitan context, this book will appeal to scholars of sociology, education and policy studies.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Education, RMIT University, Bundoora, Australia

    Seth Brown, Peter Kelly

  • Kershaw Phillips Consulting, Melbourne, Australia

    Scott K. Phillips

About the authors

Seth Brown is Lecturer in the School of Education at RMIT University, Australia. His research expertise lies in socio-cultural studies of education and sport in the context of wider social and cultural change. 
 
Peter Kelly is Professor of Education at RMIT University, Australia. His research interests include a critical engagement with young people’s well-being, and resilience and enterprise in the Anthropocene. 
 
Scott K. Phillips is Director at Kershaw Phillips Consulting. He works with companies, governments and communities to research and understand young people’s needs. He has published in the fields of youth policy, multicultural drugs education in schools, and community ethnography.



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Belonging, Identity, Time and Young People’s Engagement in the Middle Years of School

  • Authors: Seth Brown, Peter Kelly, Scott K. Phillips

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52302-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-52301-5Published: 20 September 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-52304-6Published: 20 September 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-52302-2Published: 19 September 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 156

  • Topics: Schools and Schooling, Child and School Psychology, Self and Identity, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Education

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