Dichotomized Metaphors and Young People's Educational Routes

Autor/in	Lahelma, Elina
Titel	Dichotomized Metaphors and Young People's Educational Routes
Quelle	In: European Educational Research Journal, 8 (2009) 4, S.497-507 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1474-9041
DOI	10.2304/eerj.2009.8.4.497
Schlagwörter	Young Adults; Vocational Education; Academic Degrees; Education Work Relationship; Longitudinal Studies; Ethnography; Economic Factors; Secondary Schools; School Choice; Educational Attainment; Interviews; Student Attitudes; Academic Aspiration; Career Choice + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Ethnografie; Ökonomischer Faktor; Sekundarschule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Drawing from an ethnographically grounded longitudinal study on educational transitions, the aim of this article is to analyse young people's reflections about their educational choices at different ages. Consistencies and breaks in their plans and actual choices are explored and reflected in relation to the economic, social, cultural and emotional resources they possess. In particular, the author explores taken-for-granted dichotomous metaphors that seem to open up certain educational routes and close others, such as "the head" and "the hand" for routes to academic and vocational education. In the first section of the article, the author demonstrates how metaphors appear in ethnographic accounts of lower secondary schools. The author then suggests how they are activated when young people reflect on their post-compulsory choices. Finally, the author presents the educational routes of two young people, drawing from their hopes, dreams and actual choices, as they relate them in interviews when they were 13, 18, 20 and 24 years old. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10