Dropping out from vocational education in the context of the dimensions of communication.

Autor/in	Leino, Mare
Titel	Dropping out from vocational education in the context of the dimensions of communication.
Quelle	In: Research in post-compulsory education, (2015) 4, S.500Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2); PDF als Volltext (3) Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1359-6748
DOI	10.1080/13596748.2015.1081747
Schlagwörter	Post-compulsory education; Dimensions of communication; Values; Dropping out; Communication; School systems; Vocational education; Colleges & universities; School dropouts; Vocational schools
Abstract	The focus of this article is students dropping out of the educational system. According to official statistics about 20% of all students dropped out of vocational schools in the small Eastern European country of Estonia in 2012/13. The same issue is apparent in Estonian universities: in 2012/13, 17% of students left before graduating. The result is an increased number of less educated people in a society, which is, among other problems, considered to be a security risk in the country. A possible reason for this problematic process might be the cultural conflicts in the context of communication. Anthropologist E.T. Hall divided cultures according to their ways of communicating in high-context (much of the information is implicit) and low-context cultures (nearly everything is explicit). If the norms of youngsters' ways of communication do not fit into the norms of educational institutions, meaning low- and high-context communication, one possible result is dropping out. The research method adopted for this article was a content analysis of the report on reasons for dropping out. According to this, the style of communication in society is important - especially in the context of education.
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Update	2021/4/12