NEET in disguise? Rival narratives in troubled youth transitions     

Herwig Reiter 《Educational research; a review for teachers and all concerned with progress in education》2015,57(2):133-150

Background: The concept of NEET (young people not in employment, education or training) was introduced to capture the varieties of youth labour market disengagement and has become a standard statistical indicator for labour market performance. However, it is criticised for simplifying the heterogeneity of young people in problematic youth transitions and for emphasising their deficiencies in terms of affiliation to key institutions in youth transitions.

Purpose: The article contributes to the research on youth transitions by offering a narrative perspective on the status of NEET. Its purpose is to investigate how NEET periods are embedded and reflected within biographical action and self-perceptions.

Sample: The article is based on the analysis of 21 cases from a qualitative longitudinal study about coping strategies of secondary school-leavers in school-to-work transitions in a city in the west of Germany (altogether, 180 interviews were conducted). During the first wave of interviewing in 2012, the young men and women were 16–20 years old.

Design and methods: In order to reconstruct the young people’s biographical experiences of the transition as well as their interpretations of these experiences qualitative problem-centred interviews were carried out over three waves of data collection. The qualitative analysis combined case reconstructions with cross-case analysis of typical narratives, which focused on the identification of key themes organising the biographical orientation of the young people.

Results: In biographical accounts, analysis revealed that NEET periods are embedded in analytically distinguishable rival narratives that establish different selective perspectives on events, choices and experiences. We identify seven main narratives related to the topics of vocational status, self-actualisation, meaningful activity, convenience, money, leisure and life problems. Young people are well aware of the problematic nature of NEET status. On the level of action, they try to avoid or exit them by accepting precarious and de-qualifying activities; on the level of biographical reflection, they use rival narratives to re-embed the NEET experience, to bypass it or avoid mentioning it altogether. We suggest calling this phenomenon ‘NEET in disguise’ (NID) referring to acts of system justification.

Conclusions: This article shows how young people struggle to avoid and conceal the problematic status of NEET and thus, contribute to the institutionally suggested normalisation of biographical discontinuities.  相似文献   

Changes among Israeli youth movements: a structural analysis based on Kahane’s code of informality     

Erik H. Cohen 《Cambridge Journal of Education》2015,45(2):223-243

Multi-dimensional data analysis tools are applied to Reuven Kahane’s data on the informality of youth organizations, yielding a graphic portrayal of Kahane’s code of informality. This structure helps address questions of the whether the eight structural components exhaustively cover the field without redundancy. Further, the structure is used to examine changes in Israeli youth movements over two time periods (1925–1960 and 1960–1990). It is found that social aspects of the group have become more important, while ideology (especially socialist ideology) is less emphasized. Directions for continued research among youth movements since 1990 are explored.  相似文献   

Developing Programmes to Promote Participation in Sport among Adolescents with Disabilities: Perceptions Expressed by a Group of South African Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy     

Jason Bantjes  Leslie Swartz  Lauren Conchar  Wayne Derman 《International Journal of Disability, Development & Education》2015,62(3):288-302

Adolescents with disabilities in developing countries frequently have limited access to sporting opportunities and comparatively little is known of their lived experiences and preferences. We set out to understand what a group of adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP) living in South Africa perceive to be important components of programmes developed to increase their participation in sport. We conducted in-depth interviews with 15 adolescents with CP. Data were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Congruent with existing research, our findings suggest that sporting programmes should allow participants choice, provide physical challenges and present opportunities to socialise and experience mastery. Participants ask for: variety and a wider range of sports; greater recognition; coaching; and competition within programmes which are inclusive and fair. The data highlights the need for advocacy work and draws attention to the challenges of responding to participants’ requests when developing sports programmes for adolescents with disabilities in resource-scarce countries.  相似文献   

Measuring social capital among youth: applications in environmental education     

Marianne E. Krasny  Leigh Kalbacker  Richard C. Stedman  Alex Russ 《Environmental Education Research》2015,21(1):1-23

Although critiqued for circular reasoning and lack of definitional and analytic clarity, social capital has garnered widespread interest in two areas relevant to environmental education (EE): the impact of family and community-level social capital on positive youth development and of community-level social capital in fostering collective action to manage natural resources. Although EE is normally considered for its value relative to environmental outcomes or natural capital, intergenerational, community, and other approaches to EE may also foster social capital. Drawing on Putnam’s definition of social capital, which emphasizes civic engagement, we developed and tested for reliability a survey to measure cognitive and structural attributes of social capital among youth. We conclude that although several attributes of our instrument are useful for use with youth aged 10–18 years in EE contexts, much more work needs to be done on conceptualizing and developing measures of social capital that are relevant to EE. Further, we suggest that social capital presents a framework for how EE programs can bring youth and adults together to create the conditions that enable collective action, as a complement to ongoing work in EE focusing on individual behaviors.  相似文献   

“Should I stay or should I go?” Exploring high school apprentices’ pathways     

Alison Taylor  Wolfgang Lehmann  Milosh Raykov 《Journal of Education & Work》2015,28(6):652-676

Completion rates are one measure of the success of apprenticeship training. But little is known about outcomes for youth who begin an apprenticeship in high school. This paper draws primarily on interviews with youth who did not continue training or work in their high school apprenticeship trade in two Canadian provinces. Our analysis focuses on why these youth decided to enrol in high school apprenticeship, why they did not continue and what they did afterwards. Findings suggest that a narrow focus on apprenticeship training completion diverts attention from the complex learning and work transitions experienced by most youth. Instead of assuming a linear pathway from school-to-trades work, we argue that partners involved in high school apprenticeship and policy-makers could do more to raise student awareness of multiple trajectories and skills transfer, make apprenticeship training more expansive, and increase the flexibility of pathways by providing greater articulation between different post-secondary education pathways and opportunities to change direction.  相似文献   

小额信贷保证保险助力家庭农场融资的对策     

唐凯旋 《安顺师范高等专科学校学报》2015,(3)

当前,我国农村小额信贷保证保险运作逐步成熟,发挥作用日益显著,但依然存在不容忽视的问题。文章在分析小额信贷保证保险对家庭农场融资的重要作用和实际运作中存在的问题的同时,对小额信贷保证保险助力家庭农场融资的实现途径进行了深入研究分析。  相似文献   

社会结构视角下青年阶层固化问题探析     

刘悦  王效柳  周义明 《怀化学院学报》2015,(1)

阶层固化是社会流动的一种特殊状态或非正常状态,阶层固化所涉及的主要对象是青年群体,因此,阶层固化实际上指的就是青年阶层的固化。社会结构的变迁导致社会流动机制发生改变,弱化了底层青年的教育动力,使先赋性因素取代后致性因素,成为决定青年群体社会流动的首要因素。因此要保证社会流动畅通有序,必须破除青年阶层固化的格局,建立并健全促进公平的社会保障机制。  相似文献   

家庭农场发展金融支持政策探析     

郑蓓 《安顺师范高等专科学校学报》2015,(3)

文章分析我国家庭农场金融需求的基础之上,指出当前金融支持家庭农场的困境,从农村金融体系、担保机制、金融产品和服务创新、农业保险经营体系四个方面提出完善家庭农场金融支持体系的政策建议。  相似文献   

自媒体时代下大学校园文化三位一体模式探析     

朱玲 《未来与发展》2016,(8)

校园文化是以育人为宗旨,为学生搭建形式丰富、内容多样、积极向上的校园文化平台,是高校提升大学生综合素质的有效途径。高校共青团组织是校园文化建设的组织者和实践者,本文尝试从高校共青团组织的角度探索其在校园文化建设中的三种模式和由此产生的育人功能。  相似文献   

外发性条件下的近代中国青年形态     

高飞 《台州学院学报》2001,23(2):27-33

外发性使中国近代青年形态演变具有下列特征青年期扩散呈现不可逆转性、不稳定性和不平衡性;在青年独立意识形成过程中,青年群体自认、群体自治与群体抗争三者紧密结合,相互作用,深刻地影响了近代历史的进程,但由于科学精神的短缺,青年出现非理性倾向;社会价值评判系统在对青年独立存在认识逐渐明晰的同时,也表现出功利性和不全面性.  相似文献