This book explains how education policies offering improved transitions to work and higher-
level study can widen the gaps between successful and disadvantaged groups of young …

The division of educational systems into different tracks—academic and vocational—
represents one of the key elements in explaining social stratification and inequalities …

Despite the expansion of higher education and the growing number of students from
disadvantaged socioeconomic background and/or from ethnic minorities who now access …

This paper discusses how Bernsteinian concepts ('pedagogic rights','discursive gaps' and
'pedagogic code') from the field of sociology of education can be used as didactic tools to …

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Gender‐based violence is a worldwide problem. School‐
based socio‐educational interventions could be effective in preventing gender‐based …

The institutionalization of new types of vocational schools in the 1960s and 1970s aimed to
open up the German education system and create new pathways for accessing higher …

Due to an array of individual, institutional and structural factors, several constraints hinder
the access of migrant youth to education, training and employment in Catalonia. In this …

The final chapter of the book provides a holistic account of the multiple ways social and
educational inequalities traverse educational choices and transitions. By articulating the …

Educational transitions are a key process for understanding the school and life trajectories of
young people (Tarabini and Ingram, 2018). During transition processes, systemic …

Educational choices and transitions are important for understanding social inequalities
(Tarabini and Ingram, 2018). Transitions to upper secondary education are of special …