Open AccessFUTURE ORIENTATION OF DROPOUT YOUTH IN THE CONTEXT OF FUTURE STUDIES AND EDUCATION
Author(s) -
Neta Arkin,
Ștefan Cojocaru
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
social research reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2067-5941
pISSN - 2066-6861
DOI - 10.33788/srr12.1.1
Subject(s) - dropout (neural networks) , school dropout , christian ministry , qualitative research , grounded theory , context (archaeology) , orientation (vector space) , psychology , future orientation , medical education , social psychology , political science , sociology , medicine , social science , geography , socioeconomics , geometry , mathematics , archaeology , machine learning , computer science , law
This article presents findings that emerged from a study that asked how adolescents who dropped out of schools perceived their future and whether they had an orientation toward their own future. Although numerous studies on adolescents’ future orientation have been carried out in Israel, none of them focused on dropout youth. The research was conducted within the setting of the Youth Advancement Units, official bodies, part of the ministry of Education that care for youth at risk, aged 14–18 who dropped out of school or are on the verge of doing so. To conduct the study, qualitative research using grounded-theory methodology was chosen. Semi-structured in-depth interviews with sixteen youths at risk who dropped out of school were employed.