Drawing on theoretical perspectives regarding the importance of place and belonging to a place in understanding young people’s lives as well as broader processes of social change and continuity, this article explores conceptions of youth as experienced—and narrated—by young people living in rural areas. The article analyzes how discourses on urbanism and youth can be traced in young people’s narratives about their communities and their own lives as young people; how these discourses seem to frame the young people’s narratives and how they rearticulate these discourses through their accounts (Davies, 2000). In the article, we thus also focus attention on the cracks and opposing discourses that can be identified in the young people’s narratives, and how they influence their relationship with their local area.
Markedssamfundet udgør i dag et altdominerende vilkår for unges første forsøg på at orientere sig i forhold til uddannelse og arbejde. De unge har i dag, ligesom det var tilfældet for nogle år tilbage, fokus på uddannelse og arbejde som individuelle selvrealiseringsprojekter. Men til forskel fra tidligere1 står dette fokus ikke alene. ¯nsket om økonomisk sikkerhed, chance for succes og fokus på det 'realistiske' valg spiller nu i høj grad også en rolle for de unges overvejelser omkring deres kommende uddannelsesvalg og fremtidige arbejdsliv. Risikobevidstheden og markedsmekanismernes indbyggede risiko for at være én af dem, der bliver sorteret fra, lurer hos mange unge. Og det til trods for at arbejdsmarkedet i stigende grad sukker efter unge. A rtiklen tager udgangspunkt i en undersøgelse om udskoling, hvor vi siden 2004 har fulgt 1200 unge, fra de gik i 8. klasse og to år frem, til det år hvor de er startet enten på en ungdomsuddannelse, i 10. klasse, i ar bejde eller andet. Metodisk gennemføres un dersøgelsen ved brug af både kvalitative og kvantitative metoder. Undersøgelsen fi nder sted i forbindelse med en række forsøg med brobygning mellem grundskole og ung domsuddannelse, og har overordnet til for mål at afdække hvad, der påvirker unges ud dannelsesvalg. Undersøgelsen er fi nansieret af Undervisningsministeriet, og der er ind til videre udgivet en midtvejsrapport Nien de klasse og hvad så?.
Voicing and exploring young pupils’ motivation for learning is a central ambition within the field of education research, which can be strengthened through the use of visual methods. Based on a specific research project on motivation for learning and participation in and outside of school, this article explores both analytical opportunities and challenges concerning the use of visual material, such as everyday-life snapshots, as starting points for individual qualitative interviews focusing on perspectives, experiences, and everyday practices of secondary school pupils. The article shows that visual methods (participant-directed photo elicitation) in educational studies can provide access to situated narratives about both motivation and motives for (non)participation that can supplement methodological approaches such as observations and traditional qualitative interviews.
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