Citoyenneté et orientation à l'adolescence: Dialectique des processus identitaires et de socialisation

Abstract

This article is a discussion paper on citizenship and its implications concerning the construction of identity and educational and vocational guidance during adolescence. Citizenship is viewed as a historical and social construct which gives rise to major contradictions in the fields of education and educational guidance, and which requires further research on the psychological processes involved in its development. Next, the reflections focus on an active, plural and conflicting conception of socialisation and show how it can be applied to questions of educational and vocational guidance. In this context, the socialisation of the teenager in his or her environmentsresults in a form of political socialisation where the relationship between civic engagement and the construction of identity seems to be central. Finally, research perspectives are proposed on civic engagement and on guidance and training configurations, largely marked by differentiated social relationships.