Long and Winding Roads: Educational Decision-Making of Youngsters at Risk of Early School Leaving in Flanders

Autor/inn/en	Van Praag, Lore; Boone, Simon; Van Caudenberg, Rut; Nouwen, Ward; Timmerman, Christiane
Titel	Long and Winding Roads: Educational Decision-Making of Youngsters at Risk of Early School Leaving in Flanders
Quelle	In: Educational Studies, 46 (2020) 5, S.532-547 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Van Praag, Lore)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-5698
DOI	10.1080/03055698.2019.1620690
Schlagwörter	Decision Making; At Risk Students; Foreign Countries; Educational Attitudes; Disadvantaged Youth; Urban Youth; Track System (Education); Vocational Education; Adolescents; Secondary School Students; Out of School Youth; Nontraditional Education; Immigrants; Access to Information; Social Support Groups; Dropouts; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Ausland; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; Leistungsgruppe; Leistungsdifferenzierung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sekundarschüler; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Belgien
Abstract	Increasing numbers of youngsters are at risk of early school leaving. In this study, we examine educational decision-making of inner-city youth during their educational trajectories and how this could contribute to the decision to leave school without an educational qualification. Based on interviews with 34 youngsters in a Flemish city (Antwerp, Belgium; 2014-2016), our findings show that the educational trajectories of these youngsters were very diverse in terms of educational choices, characterized by frequent, illogical movements across fields of study, institutions and type of educational programmes. These educational trajectories can be seen as the result of a series of short-term decisions made throughout the school career, in which youngsters relied on the information available within their social networks. Educational decisions seemed influenced by the often precarious living conditions in which these youngsters live. The value of education is constantly negotiated against the importance of other life domains. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01