A Path towards a Possible Future -- Adult Students' Choice of Vocational Education

Autor/inn/en	Karlsson, Tobias; Muhrman, Karolina; Nyström, Sofia
Titel	A Path towards a Possible Future -- Adult Students' Choice of Vocational Education
Quelle	In: Vocations and Learning, 15 (2022) 1, S.111-128 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Karlsson, Tobias) ORCID (Muhrman, Karolina) ORCID (Nyström, Sofia)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1874-785X
DOI	10.1007/s12186-021-09280-6
Schlagwörter	Adult Students; Adult Vocational Education; School Choice; Professional Identity; Intention + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Choice of school; Schulwahl
Abstract	Today's society is characterized by high unemployment, a prevailing trust in and demands for an academic degree, and an emphasis on the individual's own responsibility for their educational choices. This study aims to examine adults' vocational education choices, their intentions in connection with municipal adult education (MAE) studies, and how this relates to identity formation. The study is based on 18 interviews and compares students from two vocational MAE training programmes in assistant nursing and floor laying. The analysis has identified different pathways concerning adult students' decisions to enrol in municipal adult education and a specific vocational education and training (VET) programme. We see educational choices and paths in terms of underlying causes or as forward-looking rationalities. The results show that the process of identity formation is larger than simply one of vocational becoming within a vocational community of practice, since MAE studies involve a student's whole being, including both their personal identity trajectories and their vocational identity formation. With this article we hope to provide a foundation for a pedagogical discussion about student intentions, focusing on how different subjectivities affect students with regard to their future vocational becoming. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01