"Second Chance" Education: Accessing Opportunity or Recycling Disadvantage?.

McFadden, Mark G.

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ERIC Number: EJ556254

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Publication Date: 1996

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"Second Chance" Education: Accessing Opportunity or Recycling Disadvantage?

McFadden, Mark G.

International Studies in Sociology of Education, v6 n1 p87-111 1996

Reports on an ethnographic project examining an Australian program designed to provide homeless adolescents with access to secondary education. Focuses on the relationships among groups of students within the program and explores the way that education can either reinforce disadvantage or offer access to opportunity. (MJP)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Continuation Students, Disadvantaged Environment, Dropouts, Educational Sociology, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, High Risk Students, Higher Education, Homeless People, Reentry Students, Remedial Programs, Secondary Education, Special Needs Students

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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