¿estudias o trabajas? La toma de decisiones en los itinerarios formativos de jóvenes

Abstract

This paper analyze of the discourses of the young people in the decision making on their training pathways and the school transitions and school-to-work transitions. Based on interviews with young people in two research projects. The first training considered as "school failure and early school leaving" (compulsory education), and the second research considered training pathways of "success" (toward higher education) we intend to approach the factors that influence and give meaning to the decisions that the students take in their different academic possibilities. In this context, the pedagogical relationship is shown as a key element of linkage with the school. However, the role of teachers in decision-making is not alone decisive, but is combined with other contextual and structural elements such as social class, cultural capital, educational performance, neighborhood effect and family.