Youth Transitions
Historical youth transitions from school to work were more straightforward than current transitions. The young person would complete school between 14-18, find a job, move out of the family home, form a relationship then marry by 18-11 In a variety of youth research and literature there is a focus on youth transitions. This popular focus examines how youth progress through various stages until they reach adulthood. One of these transitions is from school to work via education. This essay will examine how gender affects the educational choices youth make in this school to work transition. The essay will consider late modern theory in relation to choice biographies. Traditional linear transitions will be compared to current paths. The impact of policy on gender educational choices will then be discussed. This will be followed by a brief description of gender behaviour differences, which impact education choices. Finally two digital narratives will be analysed, these both tell the stories of two individuals who demonstrated traditional gendered biographies. The essay will then draw the conclusion that gender does impact educational choices made by youth in their school to work transitions.
Within Youth literature there are three main transitional areas discussed. The first is housing transitions. Housing transitions examine youth movement out of the family home and the development of their own home life. This could include the possibility of moving away from the geographical location they grew up in. The second key transition discussed, is the domestic or intimacy transition. This transition examines the formation of relationships with another. The third key transition examined in youth literature is that of the school to work transition. When discussing this transition it includes any secondary education pursued by the youth (Henderson et al 2007, p. 15). This essay will examine these educational choices youth make in the school to work transition.
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Within Youth literature there are three main transitional areas discussed. The first is housing transitions. Housing transitions examine youth movement out of the family home and the development of their own home life. This could include the possibility of moving away from the geographical location they grew up in. The second key transition discussed, is the domestic or intimacy transition. This transition examines the formation of relationships with another. The third key transition examined in youth literature is that of the school to work transition. When discussing this transition it includes any secondary education pursued by the youth (Henderson et al 2007, p. 15). This essay will examine these educational choices youth make in the school to work transition.
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