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The pathways framework meets consumer culture: young people, careers, and commitment.(Transitions)(Brief Article)
K. Vaughan, Journal of Youth Studies, v.8, n.2, pp.173-86.
School-to-work transition in New Zealand is underpinned by a '"pathways" framework that says to young people: no matter what your background and how successful or unsuccessful you were at school, there are ... pathways to a good career and future'. Drawing on the first interviews in a longitudinal study of 114 young people aged 17 and 18 who had left school the previous year, this study suggests that young people take a risk-management approach to the transition process, which balances 'just-in-time' dynamism with 'just-in-case' education. On the one hand, they acquire knowledge in the context of the flexible labour market and the valuing of knowledge for what it ...
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