Young people in the middle: pathways, prospects, policies and a new agenda for youth research.

Autor/in	Irwin, Sarah
Titel	Young people in the middle: pathways, prospects, policies and a new agenda for youth research. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Junge Menschen aus der Mitte: Wege, Perspektiven, Politiken und eine neue Agenda für die Jugendforschung.
Quelle	In: Journal of youth studies, 24 (2020) 8, S. 1033-1051 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1367-6261; 1469-9680
DOI	10.1080/13676261.2020.1792864
Schlagwörter	Forschungsmethode; Jugendforschung; Bildungspolitik; Sekundarbereich; Mittlerer Schulabschluss; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Forschungsdesiderat; Forschungsauftrag; Absolvent; Jugendlicher; Schulabgänger; Großbritannien
Abstract	"Recent decades have seen important changes in education to work transitions in the UK. For secondary and further education leavers there are extensive challenges in accessing jobs with prospects. Recently, policy makers have renewed their focus on this middle grouping who are not bound for HE or NEET. However, there is a relative paucity of research into the experiences of these young people and surprisingly little youth researcher engagement with vocational pathways and their framing in policy. The paper interrogates changing experiences and opportunity "in the middle" and linked policy framings and interventions. Policy remains framed in individualising terms which focus on young people's capacities and positions them, and represents their interests, in very specific ways. School mediated employer engagement is an interesting exemplar here, and is contrasted with alternative interventions which seek to restructure opportunities more fundamentally. The paper argues for a new agenda for youth research which would hold a mirror to experiences in the middle, critically interrogate assumptions embedded in policy and practice and enhance understanding of differentiated pathways and prospects for young people." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2021/1