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Reflections on Youth Training: toward a new model of training experience?
Author(s) -
Gleeson D.,
Glover D.,
Gough G.,
Johnson M.,
Pye D.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
british educational research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1469-3518
pISSN - 0141-1926
DOI - 10.1080/0141192960220506
Subject(s) - training (meteorology) , scheme (mathematics) , value (mathematics) , psychology , medical education , qualitative research , qualitative property , pedagogy , public relations , sociology , political science , medicine , computer science , social science , mathematical analysis , physics , mathematics , machine learning , meteorology
Abstract This paper draws on a study of trainee attitudes to youth training in the Central England region. It is part of an ongoing research project, the second stage of which analyses training provider and employers' attitudes. Drawing on a combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches, this paper critically examines the apparent paradox of young people expressing positive attitudes about what they see as an imperfect scheme. Following on such discussion, the paper considers more effective ways of improving the youth training experience. Our conclusion is that while youth training has come a long way since the bad old days of the Youth Opportunities Scheme and the Youth Training Scheme, there remains significant room for improvement within existing limitations of the scheme. The research team sought to add value to the study by making a film of the research to enhance dissemination with end users, including schools, colleges, training providers, employers, careers service. Training and Enterprise Councils and others.