NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Vincent, Carol; Braun, Annette; Ball, Stephen – British Educational Research Journal, 2010
This article draws on data from two recently completed Economic and Social Research Council funded projects in order to examine class differences and similarities in choice of school and choice of childcare. The authors argue that there is every reason to believe that in many circumstances, within its particular mechanisms and practices, choice…
Descriptors: Social Class, Indigenous Knowledge, Social Differences, Social Status
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Braun, Annette; Vincent, Carol; Ball, Stephen J. – Journal of Education Policy, 2008
This paper explores the ways in which working class mothers negotiate mothering and paid work. Drawing on interviews with 70 families with pre-school children, we examine how caring and working responsibilities are conceptualised and presented in mothers' narratives. Mothers showed a high degree of commitment to paid work and, in contrast to…
Descriptors: Working Class, Middle Class, Mothers, Family Work Relationship