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Transitions to Working Life: Securing Professional Competence
2014
This chapter examines the transition from education to work as a critical phase of professional career and the development of professional competence Literature on transition to working life has identified several challenges that many graduates meet in the early stages of their career such as: threat of unemployment, inadequate knowledge and skills, decreased self-efficacy and increased stress, instability of professional identity, newcomers’ role and position in a work community, early attrition and changing occupation. The importance of workplace learning in supporting graduates as they transit to the workplace is influential in assisting graduates deal with these challenges. This chapter…
Do you study or work? The decision making in the training pathways of young people
2017
Este trabajo aborda el análisis de los discursos de los y las jóvenes en la toma de decisiones sobre sus itinerarios formativos y las transiciones escolares y entre escuela y trabajo. A partir de las entrevistas a jóvenes en dos proyectos de investigación, uno en itinerarios considerados como de “fracaso escolar y abandono prematuro” (educación obligatoria), y otro en itinerarios considerados de “éxito” (hacia la educación superior) pretendemos aproximarnos a los factores que influyen y dan sentido a las decisiones que toma el alumnado en sus diferentes posibilidades académicas. En este marco, la relación pedagógica se muestra como un elemento clave de vinculación con el centro escolar. Sin…