‘From school to adulthood’? Young people’s pathways through schooling in urban Ethiopia

Camfield, Laura (2011) ‘From school to adulthood’? Young people’s pathways through schooling in urban Ethiopia. European Journal of Development Research, 23. pp. 679-694. ISSN 1743-9728

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Abstract

The paper presents a case study of a rapidly evolving urban community in Southern Ethiopia drawing on survey and qualitative data from Young Lives, a long-term international study of two cohorts of children growing up in poverty (born 1994-5 and 2000-1). It uses this to set visible changes in aspirations and experiences of schooling over time in their political and economic context. The paper illustrates the value of mixed methods approaches within international development research by juxtaposing individual and household level data, both survey and qualitative, with data collected through school and community-based research. This enables analysis of processes of power and social change taking place in contemporary Ethiopia and reflected in changing attitudes towards education and employment. Finally, the paper highlights the challenges for the Ethiopian education systems in meeting children's aspirations, in the context of rapidly declining economic opportunities after leaving school.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Gender and Development Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Impact Evaluation Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Life Course, Migration and Wellbeing University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Depositing User:	Laura Camfield
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2012 11:15
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2025 02:41
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/36795
DOI:	10.1057/ejdr.2011.33

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