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Geschlecht und Berufsbildung |
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Lorna Unwin
Vocational
Education, Training and Employment for Young People in England
and Wales: journeying through a gendered landscape |
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This paper explores the
gendered landscape of vocational education and training in England
and Wales. At the start of the 21st century, young people in
England and Wales can still choose between leaving school at
the age of 16 or remaining in full-time education. Having made
that key decision, however, they then face a further bewildering
set of choices, for each route then sub-divides into a number
of pathways. For some young explorers, the journey will be straightforward,
whereas many will face obstacles and setbacks along the way
due to the effects of their gender, ethnicity or social class.
The paper examines the extent to which young people can exert
agency when determining their futures given the continuing power
of structural determinants. To this end, the paper maps the
routes which young people can take after compulsory schooling
and analyses the relationship between post-compulsory provision
and the labour market. The paper concludes that we need to properly
understand this landscape in order to help young people in their
decision making. |
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