“Why did I go back to school?”: School dropout and return experiences from high school students
The purpose of this qualitative study was to analyze the experiences of the students who returned to high school. To collect data the authors used the technique of focus groups working with eight groups studying professional technical degrees all of them located in areas of low social development in...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Perfiles Educativos |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/58713 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://perfileseducativos.unam.mx/iisue_pe/index.php/perfiles/article/view/58713 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | School dropout High school education Educational exclusion Student experiences Return rates School trajectory Abandono escolar Educación media superior Exclusión educativa Experiencias de los estudiantes Retorno escolar Trayectoria escolar |
| Sumario: | The purpose of this qualitative study was to analyze the experiences of the students who returned to high school. To collect data the authors used the technique of focus groups working with eight groups studying professional technical degrees all of them located in areas of low social development in Mexico City. The design of the study allowed to explore the causes of abandonment associated with individual and intra-school factors. The narratives reveal that some experience in the labor field generated a reflective process in the participants about their future, which rethought their expectations about education. This type of reflexive processes allows young people to assume greater autonomy and responsibility in decision-making. These experiences of young people who return to school can be very valuable to mitigate possible causes of school dropout from the educational action. |
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