scholarly journals Hybrid Qualifications, Institutional Expectations and Youth Transitions: A Case of Swimming with or against the Tide

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 200-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gayna Davey ◽  
Alison Fuller
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Vocational Qualifications ◽  
English System ◽  
Institutional Expectations ◽  
Level 3 ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Academic Qualifications

This paper uses the concept of hybrid qualifications to expose some of the ways in which the English system, with its longstanding Academic and vocational divide, fails to support the transitions of young people with ‘average’ educational attainment. The concept of hybrid qualifications was developed during EU funded research undertaken in 2010 - 11 with project partners from Germany, Austria and Denmark. It was conceived to mean those qualifications generally achieved by young people aged 16-18 which would facilitate entry to the labour market or access to university. In the English system we defined Level 3 qualifications such as the BTEC National suite of Diplomas, Applied A-Levels, the Advanced Diploma and some qualifications contained within the Advanced Apprenticeship programme as contenders for hybridity. Compared with the clear pathways for entry to bachelor degrees that are articulated for those who have attained traditional Academic qualifications (namely A-levels), the routes for those leaving school with vocational qualifications are poorly and narrowly-defined, and fragile. Using the rich, narrative data gathered from interviews and focus groups with students, tutors and key stakeholders, we illustrate how for this group transition often involves ‘swimming against rather than with the tide’. To make sense of their uncertain and at times fragmented journeys we draw on Bourdieu's conceptual toolbox, and argue that his notion of ‘doxa’ is especially helpful in making sense of the way in which educational institutions play their own very distinctive roles in shaping those transitions.

Conclusion

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Walmsley
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Youth Employment ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality

This aim of this book was to establish a baseline of information on youth employment in tourism and hospitality, as well as to review the nature and determinants of youth employment in the sector. In doing so it has covered a broad body of literature and, on occasion, been quite critical in the process, notably in relation to educational policy but also in relation to working conditions. Notwithstanding the critique, the text seeks to offer a conciliatory tone and acknowledges that many young people go on to find extremely satisfying careers in the sector. As examples throughout have demonstrated, being a responsible employer and being successful are not mutually exclusive – far from it. Ultimately, ensuring young people are offered meaningful work, which tourism is well placed to do, is in everyone’s interest, from key stakeholders such as young people and the business community, to policy makers, and educational institutions, as well as to wider society who all suffer the effects of high rates of youth unemployment.

Contextual Behavioral Approaches to Understanding Body Image Threats and Coping in Youth: A Qualitative Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 074355842110078
Author(s):  
Anna L. Brichacek ◽  
Kristen Murray ◽  
James T. Neill ◽  
Elizabeth Rieger
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Young People ◽  
Developmental Changes ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
External Sources ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Selection Of

Adolescence involves significant developmental changes and challenges including heightened body image concerns. However, there is limited research on adaptive ways of responding to perceived threats to body image. This study uses body image flexibility, derived from contextual behavioral perspectives, and coping theories to explore young people’s responses to body image threats. High school and university students (12 male, 15 female) aged 12 to 24 years were recruited from educational institutions in a metropolitan area of Australia. Thematic analysis of semistructured interviews identified themes related to body image threats from internal and external sources. In response to these threats, young people reported coping by changing the content of, and how they related to, perceived threats, and seeking social support. In addition, young people viewed coping as a dynamic process that changed over time and across situations. Reported processes of attending to, and allowing, momentary negative experiences and connecting with other important life domains were consistent with body image flexibility. The coping context affected the selection of coping strategies, with body image flexibility facilitating more adaptive coping for some participants. Further investigation of contextual behavioral approaches, such as body image flexibility, could help to better understand and promote adaptive body image coping in youth.

INTERNET NEWS MEMES WITH POLITICAL OVERTONES IN THE PERCEPTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-107
Author(s):  
D. S. Gorbatov ◽  
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P. Yu. Gurushkin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Social Perception ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Internet News ◽  
The Social

The purpose of the empirical research described in the article was to study the range of judgments that characterize the social perception of the student youth of Internet news memes with political overtones. The research method was a focus group interview using the Microsoft Teams platform. The four groups included 28 undergraduate students of higher educational institutions of St. Petersburg. The results of the study characterize the attitude of students to attempts to impose political overtones on Internet news memes, reflect their opinions about the mistakes made by the authors, contain arguments about the reasons for the anonymity of the authors of memes, describe the range of views on the problem of the responsibility of the authors of memes for violations of laws. In addition, students ' perceptions about changes in Internet memes, in particular, news memes, in the future were revealed.

EDUCATION OF PATRIOTISM AS A FACTOR OF PREVENTION AND COUNTERACTION TO THE SPREAD OF THE IDEOLOGY OF TERRORISM

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Есита Эминовна Ганаева
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Modern Russian

В статье рассматривается проблемы, связанные с распространением в современном российском обществе идеологии терроризма и экстремизма, участия молодежи в экстремистской деятельности. Автором анализируется проводимая в учебных заведениях организационная и общественно-воспитательная деятельность по противодействию распространения идеологий экстремизма и терроризма. The article examines the problems associated with the spread in modern Russian society of the ideology of terrorism and extremism, the participation of young people in extremist activities. The author analyzes the organizational and social educational activities carried out in educational institutions to counter the spread of the ideologies of extremism and terrorism.

Using poetry to engage the voices of women and girls in research

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zanib Rasool
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Women And Girls

This chapter considers poetry as a creative or arts-based method within social research. It argues that poetry as a research methodology can elicit thoughts, feelings, and emotions, and can give a platform for marginalised voices, such as women and girls, as it enables those silenced voices to be heard — and heard loudly. Poetry offers one way to capture the knowledge held in communities, particularly among those whose voices have been traditionally marginalised, like young people and women. Poetry provides us with a different lens for making sense of everyday interactions, contradictions, and conflicts. Poetry allows us to express different perspectives of our lived experiences — a mosaic of autonomous voices freed through poetry.

scholarly journals Examining job satisfaction factors toward retaining Malaysian TVET instructors in the teaching profession

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.10) ◽  
pp. 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhd Khaizer Omar ◽  
Abdullah Mat Rashid ◽  
Mohd Hazwan Mohd Puad
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Severe Depression ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Disciplinary Problems ◽  
Education Profession ◽  
And Training

The teaching profession in Malaysia has continued to be valued due to the continuous effort and commitment by teachers within the education profession and their desire to benefit better education for future generations. Indeed, the teaching profession has evolved to become a recognised benchmark towards the nation’s vision to develop human resource capital. However, despite the recognition, teachers are noticeably struggling in their attempt to provide high-quality teaching services. Many studies have reported many of the issues within the teaching profession and environment that exists. Many of the issues include severe depression, anxiety, demotivation, and behavioural issues. Consequently, many of these issues also become the reasons why teachers inevitably leave their chosen profession, either voluntarily or pressured by the educational environment and system. As a result, a study to understand the issues for their departure, and more importantly the factors contributing to job satisfaction and retention have investigated in this study. A target population targeting Malaysian training instructors at the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) educational institutions were selected to participate in a survey. Descriptive and correlational studies were employed to determine job satisfaction the factors among TVET instructors and to identify the factors contributing towards job satisfaction and retention. The findings indicate that most instructors are satisfied with their teaching job. However, many are struggling and not coping with voracious issues brought about through present workloads, student disciplinary problems, and vague expectations from key stakeholders in the TVET system. The findings from this study will further help in determining the perspectives of the instructors and the factors that have attracted them to remain in their chosen profession and to enable them to enjoy their teaching profession and career. 

scholarly journals The Attitude of Student Youth to Manifestations of Various Types of Extremism (the Case of the Saratov Region)

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 83-93
Author(s):  
I. N. Konovalov ◽  
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A. S. Azarova ◽  
D. N. Markin ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
The Political ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Youth Policy ◽  
Rule Based ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Radical Ideas

The article is concerned with the phenomenon of extremism among youth. Analyzing the features of modern youth extremism the authors substantiated their conditioning by social, age, historical, and cultural factors. Young people tend to protest and reject the existing system, all-or-nothing thinking. While the phenomena identified as extremism today, repeatedly arose in the process of historical social development. A distinctive feature of the majority of extremist organizations at the present time is their focus on the issues of national identity or the political structure of the Russian society and state, using the principles of a totalitarian sect. In their activities destructive religious organizations themselves are also, as a rule, based on radical ideas, which is why they are recognized as extremist. The article presents the findings of the sociological study conducted in Saratov’s higher educational institutions. Based on the analysis of the study results the authors came to the conclusion that extremist sentiments among student youth are growing towards representatives of various nationalities and religions. The authors assumed that in order to successfully counter youth extremism, first and foremost it is necessary to clearly distinguish its causes, rooted in the society itself and shortcomings of state youth policy, from the forms of its manifestation that have social and group specific features.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF THE KYZYLORDA PERIOD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM OF KAZAKHSTAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
E.A. Jalmagambetov ◽  
◽  
E.Zh. Aziretbergenova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Education System ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Boarding Schools ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
The Political ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
The Status ◽  
The City

The Kyzylorda period in the development of the education system of Kazakhstan occupies a special place. The center's move to the city of Kyzylorda gave a new impetus to the political and public life of the region. Young people seeking education started coming to the city of Kyzylorda from other regions. After assigning the status of the capital in the city of Kyzylorda began to open up new educational institutions. The Kazakh Institute of education and medical schools moved from Orenburg. The city has opened educational schools of the first and second categories. Special boarding schools were opened for people living in remote areas. The work of boarding schools was constantly monitored by special commissions. In 1925, the famous writer Gabiden Mustafin worked and studied in the city of Kyzylorda. Also, S. Mukanov, A. Kenzhin and other representatives of the Kazakh intelligentsia worked in the education system.

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