Stories from the margins of the educational system

Educational Choice Regarding Technical Education: Research with Case Study

“…Nevertheless, the educational choice is first of all an individual choice inseparable from existential aspirations. The approach towards life as a reflective project (Pless 2014;Giddens 1991) and concept of "doing yourself" biography (Pless 2014;Beck and Beck-Gernsheim 2002) presuppose existential philosophy (Heidegger 1996) and existential pedagogy (Ozmon, Craver 2012). In this perspective, an interesting phenomenon is the elder age as negative factor by choosing engineering (Rochat, Demeulemeester 2001).…”

“…2012 Why children with the same level of academic ability but with different social class backgrounds choose systematically different levels of education? The agent reaches at least the same social position as that of her parents; RRA affects educational decision making Margolis, D. N., Simonnet, V. 2002 Technical and professional tracks allow students to establish more effective networks to support them in their carriers; Pless 2014 Educational choice is viewed as a 'rational' one, which is based on information about admission requirements and job prospects; the gap between political objectives and young people's actual pathways; the class's factor of education; life as a reflective project; 'do-it-yourself' biography Stocké et al 2011 Two factors of educational decisions: 1) weight of different actors changes over the life course and child's parents; 2) different learning environments; social capital for favourable educational outcomes; SC refers to the relations of trust and effective social norms; SC encompasses differences in the quality and quality and quantity of resources; SC increases achievement motivation; Cultural capital and its 3 forms: 1) objectified cultural capital (pictures, musical instruments, and books), 2) embodied CC (cultural knowledge and linguistic competences), and 3) institutionalized CC (educational certificates and degrees)…”

“…As result, we can speak not only about the limits of rationality but also about ecologic rationality (Wilkins 2011) in the case of educational choice. Last but not least, the educational choice has been influenced by such factors as political factor (Pless 2014) and social prestige (Oosterbeek, Webbink 1999). However, the educational choice including one in a technical university is first of all an individual decision inseparable from the existential aspirations.…”

“…That is why the sources by analysing the existential choice are also existential philosophy (Heidegger 1996) and existential pedagogy (Ozmon, Craver 2012). On this base, the scholars speak about life as a reflective project (Pless 2014;Giddens 1991) and about "doing yourself" biography (Pless 2014;Beck and Beck-Gernsheim 2002).…”

Excluded Youth in Iceland, the Faroe Islandsand Norway

“…The relationship between mental health problems, school dropouts and poor connections to working life among the young encompasses several different marginalisation processes (Bremer 2013;Due et al 2011;Furuberg & Myklebø 2013;Gustafsson et al 2010;Hagquist 2015;Halvorsen, Hansen & Tägtström 2012;Hammer & Hyggen 2013;Olsen, Hyggen, Tägtström & Kolouh-Söderlund 2016;Pless 2014;Sletten & Hyggen 2013;Soest & Hyggen 2013, Anvik & Waldahl 2016b. Studies show a close correlation between mental health problems and upper secondary education dropout rates (Breslau 2010;Markussen & Seland 2012).…”