Abstract

Young people are encouraged to take responsibility for their educational outcomes by actively engaging in their education (their ‘project-of-self’), but many also take responsibility for the care of family members who have serious health concerns (their ‘project-of-family’). Drawing on the concepts of responsibilisation and neoliberal governance, and a feminist ethic of care, we aim to better understand how young people with care responsibilities navigate these dual projects. We use national survey data for young Australians aged 13–14 (N = 3,594) to compare boys’ and girls’ school engagement (projects-of-self) and caregiving for family members with serious health concerns (projects-of-family). Young people with family health concerns report low levels of school engagement. However, caregiving is associated with somewhat increased school engagement for girls, but not for boys. These findings suggest implicit gendered expectations of education systems which are more supportive of girls’ than of boys’ engagement in projects-of-family.

Supplemental data for this article is available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2021.1947189 .

摘要

鼓励年轻人通过积极参与他们的教育（他们的“自我计划”）来对他们的教育成果负责，但许多人也负责照顾有严重健康问题的家庭成员（他们的“自我计划”）。 -家庭'）。利用责任化和新自由主义治理的概念，以及女权主义的关怀伦理，我们旨在更好地了解负有护理责任的年轻人如何驾驭这些双重项目。我们使用针对 13-14 岁澳大利亚年轻人的全国调查数据（N = 3,594) 比较男孩和女孩的学校参与（自我项目）和照顾有严重健康问题的家庭成员（家庭项目）。有家庭健康问题的年轻人报告说学校参与度较低。然而，照料与女孩在学校的参与度有所增加有关，但与男孩无关。这些研究结果表明，教育系统的隐性性别期望更支持女孩而不是男孩参与家庭项目。

本文的补充数据可在 https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2021.1947189 在线获得。