Breaking down the Forgotten Half: Exploratory Profiles of Youths in Quebec's Adult Education Centers

Autor/in	Marcotte, Julie
Titel	Breaking down the Forgotten Half: Exploratory Profiles of Youths in Quebec's Adult Education Centers
Quelle	In: Educational Researcher, 41 (2012) 6, S.191-200 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-189X
DOI	10.3102/0013189X12445319
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Adult Education; Foreign Countries; Profiles; Nontraditional Education; Dropouts; Reentry Students; Individual Characteristics; Student Needs; Young Adults; Adolescents; Academic Support Services; Victims; Behavior Problems; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Ausland; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Zweiter Bildungsweg; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Victim; Opfer; Kanada
Abstract	This article presents a research study in Quebec's adult education centers (AECs), which are now an alternative to general education that allow youths ages 16 to 24 to make up for academic delays or to return to school after dropping out. Data from 386 such students were collected on various personal, psychosocial, and school indicators. Using a latent class analyses, the author identified four different profiles with unique needs. The first two profiles were highly representative of emerging adults who were typical except for their academic delays. Youths in the last two profiles were characterized by victimization and problem behavior, respectively; they demonstrated the need for support that goes beyond the academic and school services usually offered in AECs. The results of this study are discussed in light of new parameters of emerging adulthood and discontinued educational pathways. (Contains 7 notes and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10