TY - CHAP
T1 - Education and training, career aspirations
T2 - ‘That’s what I remember’
AU - Walsh, Lucas
AU - Keary, Anne
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This chapter examines trends in education and training through both individual and collective narratives of how three generations of women mediate and manage the transition to, and between, study and work. Testimonies are located within wider trends, historical contexts with sociological implications being drawn. The women’s testimonies, in the main, echo wider national trends while providing more nuanced accounts of continuity and change across, and between, generations. Early school leaving was more common for the older generations. Changes in the labour market during the twentieth century and how they impacted on school transitions are discussed. During the later twentieth century, the younger generation of women is generally more highly educated with many participating in post-school study and training. In addition, this third generation is beginning to embark on less traditionally gendered careers. For some, pathways changed across generations as new areas of study, training and work were pursued. Yet, enduring themes also emerged in relation to post school options across some mother–daughter groupings.
AB - This chapter examines trends in education and training through both individual and collective narratives of how three generations of women mediate and manage the transition to, and between, study and work. Testimonies are located within wider trends, historical contexts with sociological implications being drawn. The women’s testimonies, in the main, echo wider national trends while providing more nuanced accounts of continuity and change across, and between, generations. Early school leaving was more common for the older generations. Changes in the labour market during the twentieth century and how they impacted on school transitions are discussed. During the later twentieth century, the younger generation of women is generally more highly educated with many participating in post-school study and training. In addition, this third generation is beginning to embark on less traditionally gendered careers. For some, pathways changed across generations as new areas of study, training and work were pursued. Yet, enduring themes also emerged in relation to post school options across some mother–daughter groupings.
KW - Qualitative Longitudinal Research
KW - Australian Mother-daughter Relationship
KW - Inter-generational Relationships
KW - Generation and Change
KW - Girls' Education in Australia
KW - Women's Life Trajectories in Australia
KW - Australian Female Youth Transitions
KW - Australian Women's Study and Work Transitions
KW - Catholic Schooling in Australia
KW - Multi-methodological Approach to Research
KW - education and training
KW - career aspirations
KW - transition to study and work
KW - intergenerational
KW - continuity and change
KW - post school options
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-13-8989-4_5
DO - 10.1007/978-981-13-8989-4_5
M3 - Chapter (Book)
SN - 9789811389887
SP - 75
EP - 94
BT - Education, Work and Catholic Life
A2 - Keary, Anne
PB - Springer
CY - Singapore Singapore
ER -