Post-School Youths' Schooling Experiences and Aspirations

Autor/in	Naidoo, Devika
Titel	Post-School Youths' Schooling Experiences and Aspirations
Quelle	In: Perspectives in Education, 39 (2021) 2, S.19-32 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0258-2236
DOI	10.18820/2519593X/pie.v39.i2.3
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Out of School Youth; Aspiration; Educational Quality; Dropout Attitudes; Blacks; Educational Attitudes; School Policy; Curriculum; Financial Problems; Alienation; South Africa (Johannesburg) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Streben; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Black person; Schwarzer; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Schulpolitik; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Entfremdung
Abstract	While three million youth in South Africa are not in education, employment or training (NEETS), not much is known about their schooling experiences nor their aspirations for the future. Eighty-seven post-school youth (PSY) were enrolled at a youth development and organisation (IYDO) centre in a Black township to the south-east of Johannesburg. This paper analyses the perspectives of these post-school youths of their formal schooling experiences and their aspirations for the future. The paper is framed by Willis's (2000) theory of the basic educational paradigm at the heart of the teaching relationship and intentional resistance from working class boys. Analysis of data showed the failure of the schools attended by the participants in providing a reasonable standard and quality of education as the main cause of dropping out of school. In spite of challenging structural constraints both historical and current, these post-school youth are not disaffected nor disengaged from quality education. Contrary to the literature, they aspire for a better life and for educational opportunities that would enable them to access professional and managerial jobs and upward social mobility. Appadurai's (2004) theory of culture of aspiration enabled making sense of participants' aspirations. The issue of post school youth requires not only alternative post school programmes but also attention to schooling practices within formal secondary school education. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01