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life course perspective and education  

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  • The life course perspective in sociological research combines a theory of the institutionalized construction of people's “normal” ages, identities, and gendered lives with biographical studies of how individuals subjectively tell stories about their experiences. Where the lifecycle approach traces a linear biological path from birth to death, sociologists highlight the roles that history, social structure, and cultural context play in influencing people's trajectories through certain episodes of their lives. [Source: Sociology of Education: An A-to-Z Guide; Life Course Perspective and Education]

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