Orientation Scolaire et Professionnelle

In the context of dual initial vocational education and training (WET), a study in French-speaking Switzerland looked at apprentices 'perceptions of the quality of such training. Some ofthe perceived quality characteristics of WET are related to the various roles that apprentices assume at school an…

Migration is now an integral part of global issues and the integration of migrants is of increasing concern to public authorities and these populations. In Switzerland, provisionally admitted asylum seekers are one category that encounters more integration difficulties related mainly to their status…

This article highlights the teachers'influence on youngsters'educational choices in upper-secondary education who are assigned to less demanding tracks. Teachers' influence cannot be reduced to the final decisions during school councils but is as well effective all along the school year: teachers ar…

In a context that strongly values higher education, this article considers the motives that lead young adults (18 to 35) to apply for vocational training programs in high school. By applying an interdisciplinary frame of analysis (psychological and sociological) for decisional action, a thematic ana…

Young people who interrupted their apprenticeship due to interpersonal difficulties encountered on the workplace can be anxious to start a new vocational training. To address this concern, this article proposes to integrate functional analysis in traditional career counseling interventions. This met…

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This paper aims both to study the reasons why apprenticeship masters recruit apprentices and to identify the diversity of tutorship practices implemented in selection and training. The empirical study of 285 apprenticeship masters shows that if a recruitment goal is to develop a skilled workforce, i…

Based on the concepts of social, personal, and vocational representations, this contribution analyzes the portrayal of vocational education and training (VET) in Quebec. Content analyses of 53 interviews with students show that VET is preferred because of its pedagogical specificities, the opportuni…

Apprenticeship proves to be a powerful indicator of social inequalities. How to characterize the way it reproduces the hierarchical organization of individuals, and the sexual and social division of work? Focusing on working relationships, allows highlighting the meaning apprentices grant to their o…

Academic motivation is researched through two different training methods: conventional academic training programs versus alternating training programs. The research results are assessed in light of motivation modalities alongside educational support. A group of 684 students following a two-year coll…

In France, V-level vocational secondary school students and apprentices who quit their training programmes and fail to achieve their diplomas make up 60% of all dropouts from the educational system. This longitudinal research study of 611 participants showed that the origins of these two phenomena r…

Educational and occupational development and initial vocational training: Occupational choice and early terminations of apprenticeship contracts The early termination of an apprenticeship contract is a critical event in the educational career, which calls for an adaptation ofoccupational choicesand …