Pushed out, shut out: Addressing unjust geographies of schooling and work

• DOI: 10.18546/ijsd.09.2.02
• Publication Date: 2016-09-08T14:22:18Z
• Authors: Janean Robinson; John Smyth; Barry Down; Peter McInerney
• Keywords: Shut down

In neo-liberal times educational policy and practice is being realigned more closely to the shifting imperatives of market with damaging effects on lives young people.Whilst rhetoric suggests that schools are safe, welcoming caring environments for benefit all, veracity very different significant numbers marginalised students who face fragile, uncertain unpredictable futures.This paper draws a number research projects in Australia investigate lived reality struggling make sense school their transition 'getting job'.The neither impartial nor neutral.It tradition critical ethnography identify, describe map kinds conditions both constrain enable aspirations, dreams hopes people productive rewarding lives.The intent unsettle commonsense deficit understandings life serve oppress marginalise least advantaged students.