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Friendship and Educational Choice

Peer Influence and Planning for the Future

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  • © 2005

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Authors:
  1. Rachel Brooks

    1. Department of Educational Studies, University of Surrey, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Rachel Brooks
    Pages 1-25

  3. Purposes and Hierarchies: A Review of the Literature on Higher Education

    • Rachel Brooks
    Pages 26-48

  4. The Practice of Friendship in Late Modernity

    • Rachel Brooks
    Pages 49-70

  5. Differences and Difficulties

    • Rachel Brooks
    Pages 71-100

  6. The Role of Friends and Peers

    • Rachel Brooks
    Pages 101-134

  7. Managing and Maintaining Friendships

    • Rachel Brooks
    Pages 135-161

  8. Conclusion

    • Rachel Brooks
    Pages 162-183

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 184-211
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Friendship and Educational Choice provides a unique insight into how young people go about making decisions about their educational options and the subtle, yet crucial, influence of friends and peers on these processes. It argues that focusing on both the impact of friends on educational decisions and the reciprocal influences that such decisions may exert on young people's friendships helps us to understand the significance and impact of educational choice in the wider lives of young people.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Educational Studies, University of Surrey, UK

    Rachel Brooks

About the author

RACHEL BROOKS is a Lecturer in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of Surrey, UK. She has taught for the Open University and the University of Southampton, and worked as a researcher for the National Foundation for Educational Research.

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