Preface 1. Introduction 2. The 15-to 18-year old study 3. Life at school: expectations and experiences 4. Developing perspectives and expectations 5. The transitional process 6. Transition in prospect: expectations of the future 7. Summary and policy implications Appendix 1 ‘The School that I’d like’ (students’ response) Appendix 2 Sample essays by Melbourne adolescents on ‘The School that like’ Appendix 3 ‘Myself in 10 years’ time’: samples of ‘idealized type’ responses
Biography
Millicent E. Poole now retired, was Vice-Chancellor of Edith Cowan University. She has held appointments at the Australian National University, the Queensland University of Technology, the University of New England, La Trobe University, Macquarie University and Monash University. She has long been interested in children and adolescents—in their language and thinking styles, their creativity, their values and attitudes and their orientation to work and leisure.
