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Learners’ perceptions of a career guidance curriculum in different school-based support systems in Switzerland
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Journal Article
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Published
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Kamm, C., Gebhardt, A., Gonon, P., Brühwiler, C., & Dernbach-Stolz, S. (2020). Learners’ perceptions of a career guidance curriculum in different school-based support systems in Switzerland. Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 72(3), 375-395. https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2019.1610474
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by-nc/4.0/
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Green OA - accepted version
Topic PHSG
Berufsbildung
Lehrer:innenbildung
Subjects
Vocational orientation
career guidance
school-based support systems
lower secondary school
bridge-year courses
Fields of Science and Technology (OECD)
Education, general (including training, pedagogy, didactics)
Educational sciences
Humanities
Social sciences
Abstract
"This article examines the different functions and further potential of a curriculum of career guidance in lower secondary school and bridge-year courses. With a focus on young adults following a nonlinear pathway to post-compulsory education in the Swiss Canton of Zurich, we answer the questions why bridge-year courses are attended (RQ1) and how career guidance is perceived (RQ2). Furthermore, optimisation segments for a curriculum of career guidance were analysed from a learner-centred perspective (RQ3). Taking a mixed-method approach, we combine data from a quantitative questionnaire and qualitative problem-centred interviews. To examine differences in attendance of bridge-year courses and the perceived usefulness of supporting actors, quantitative data were analysed by mean ranges. The in-depth qualitative data were analysed using a structured content analysis. The findings underline the importance of an individualised approach to career guidance in both lower secondary school and on bridge-year courses. There is further potential for a curriculum of career guidance in lower secondary school to strengthen the orientation function, taking into account the potential of social structural reproduction. Bridge-year courses should rethink their compensation function given the diversity of their attendees.
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PHSG - Institut Professionsforschung & Kompetenzentwicklung
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Accepted Version
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Open Access
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by-nc/4.0/
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This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in the Journal of Vocational Education & Training: Kamm, C., Gebhardt, A., Gonon, P., Brühwiler, C., & Dernbach-Stolz, S. (2020). Learners’ perceptions of a career guidance curriculum in different school-based support systems in Switzerland. Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 72(3), 375-395. https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2019.1610474
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November 1, 2020