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The concept of educational trajectories results form a [[life course and biography|life course]] perspective towards education. By educational trajectories we refer to a set of transitions between educational levels and institutions, leading to varying levels of educational capital. These transitions are affected by both [[structure and agency]], that is individual choices, structures of social inequality and institutional arrangements providing [[access]] to education throughout life course. Educational trajectories may in certain conditions lead to social mobility, but generally social structures affect both individual choices and capabilities in such a way that the status quo tends to be preserved. According to comparative analysis, different [[transition regimes]] imply different constellations of educational trajectories which is also due to different relationships between education and [[welfare]] in shaping individual life courses.

A life course perspective towards education becomes especially relevant under conditions of [[knowledge society|knowledge societies]] with their demand of [[lifelong learning]]. 


===References===

Ball, Stephen J, Macrae, Sheila & Maguire, Meg (2000) Choice, Pathways and Transitions Post-16: New Youth, New Economics in the Global City. London: Routledge.

Bourdieu, Pierre & Passeron, Jean-Claude (1977) Reproduction in education, culture and society. London: Sage.

Walther, Andreas, Biggart, Andy & du Bois-Reymond, Manuela (eds.) (2006) Participation in transition. Motivation of young adults in Europe for learning and working. Frankfurt a.M. et al.: Peter Lang.


''(Mikko Aro & Andreas Walther)''