One of the Boys: Constructions of Disengagement and Criteria for Being a Successful Student

Autor/in	Grønborg, Lisbeth
Titel	One of the Boys: Constructions of Disengagement and Criteria for Being a Successful Student
Quelle	In: International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 26 (2013) 9, S.1192-1209 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-8398
DOI	10.1080/09518398.2013.816889
Schlagwörter	Males; Academic Achievement; Learner Engagement; Ethnography; Auto Mechanics; Vocational Education; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Cultural Influences; Context Effect; Dropouts; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Gender Discrimination; Femininity; Masculinity; Apprenticeships; Social Environment; Peer Relationship; Work Environment; Denmark + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Schulleistung; Ethnografie; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Femaleness; Weiblichkeit; Männlichkeit; Apprenticeship; Lehre; Soziales Umfeld; Peer-Beziehungen; Arbeitsmilieu; Dänemark
Abstract	The article discusses how a peer group culture in the school setting, embedded in conflicting fields of work and education, co-constructs student disengagement. Disengagement is traditionally linked with dropout and engagement with completion, but the study shows that this relation is not so linear. The data are based on a field study, where the author was enrolled as a student in the car mechanic program in order to gain insight into the cultural and relational dynamics of dropping out through an autoethnographical approach. Awareness of the transformations that took place was used to understand the (in)appropriate ways of becoming a car mechanic student. The study reveals discrepancies in different criteria for being successful between students, teachers, and the workplaces. This points to the need to understand disengagement as context dependent and socially regulated, rather than as a function of the individual's attributes. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10