Dimensions traversant le processus décisionnel conduisant à la poursuite d’études en formation professionnelle au Québec et en Ontario : entre expériences passées et espoirs

Abstract

Institut national d'étude du travail et d'orientation professionnelle (INETOP)

Decision-Making Rationales among Quebec VET Student Aged 25 and Older

“…Like students of all ages, participants may benefit from emotional, instrumental and financial support from loved ones such as parents, friends and teaching and professional staff from institutions and the outside (Burt, 2000;Cournoyer, 2012;Giordano, 2003;Granovetter, 1973). However, in comparison with previous studies on the role of social relationships on the academic paths of young adult populations (Cournoyer, 2008;Cournoyer, 2012;Cournoyer, Fortier, & Deschenaux, 2017), three things play an important role: spouses, the state and guidance counselors. Spouses are more than mere emotional partners, they are also parental and financial partners.…”

“…In this regard, career decisions are based on representations of self (interests, values, aptitudes, personality traits) and the world (study programs, professions, job market), goals, obstacles and timeframes, ways of gathering and processing information (Beaucher & Mazalon, 2003), relationships to others, institutions and other social structures (Blesson, 2001;Boutinet, 2005;Doray, Bélanger, & Mason, 2005), as well as professional projects superimposed on each other (Lhotellier, 2003;Valach, Young, & Michel, 2003). For more experienced workers, needs for security and stability, especially attached to job insecurity or socioeconomic exclusion (Bujold & Fournier, 2008), can sometimes impose themselves and weigh more heavily on individual actions than the actualization of interests and personal resources (Cournoyer, Fortier, & Deschenaux, 2017).…”

“…In this study, analysis of the rationales guiding Quebec adults age 25 and over committed to continuing education in VET is based on the decision-making model inspired by the works of Cournoyer, Lachance and Samson (2016) and by Cournoyer, Fortier and Deschenaux (2017). This modeling proposes an analysis of career decision-making from two interdependent perspectives, one of a biographical nature-between life path and professional project (Bertaux, 2005;Boutinet, 2005;Niewiadomski & Delory-Momberger, 2013;Shanahan, 2000), and the other of a human agency nature-between contextual forces and adjustment strategies (Elder, 1998;Lahire, 2001).…”

“…Considering the comprehensive paradigm adopted in this research, we did not seek to test the hypotheses in order to confirm relationships between the identified variables or components of decision-making. Finally, this research aimed to undertake a first exploration of decision-making logic with regard to a modeling of decision-making action resulting from the works of Cournoyer, Lachance and Samson (2016) and Cournoyer, Fortier and Deschenaux (2017). These limitations could nonetheless be taken into account for future research.…”

Going Back-to-School in Vocational Education and Training: Introduction

“…In this respect, VET plays a key role in the social development of societies and communities in a context of market globalization and continuous technological innovations (Billett, 2014;Bosch & Charest, 2008;Grubb, 2006). VET helps to promote the socioprofessional integration of young people and adults in many countries, the pursuit of careers more oriented towards own life aspirations, as well as preventing social exclusion and poverty (Billett, 2004;Cournoyer, Fortier, & Deschenaux, 2016;Fournier, Lachance, & Bujold, 2009;Virolainen & Stenström, 2014).…”