Gaynor Attwood is Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of the West of England, UK. Carol Fuller is Lecturer in the Institute of Education at the University of Reading, UK. Paul Croll is Professor in the Institute of Education at the University of Reading, UK.

• Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Children and the Future; Chapter 3: Educational Futures: Children's Intentions for Educational Participation; Chapter 4: Children's Occupational Choices; Chapter 5: What Children Think about School; Chapter 6: Children as Learners; Chapter 7: Early exits and negative attitudes; Chapter 8: Present and Future: Schools, Structure, Agency; Appendix 1: The Research Project; Appendix 2: Supplementary Tables; References.

'This is a timely book, given the current interest in extending the years of formal education and expanding universities. It is also a fascinating and important one... All in all, a book that should give hope to those who believe that children still both enjoy and believe in school' Robin Barrow, Professor of the Philosophy of Education, Simon Fraser University, Canada