<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Schools are under increasing pressure to prepare students for the transition to post-compulsory education and vocational training. Beyond the support of the students’ professional orientation, the focus is on students’ learning of soft skills. Based on an ethnographic study in schools of the lower secondary level, the article discusses how in school, autonomy is anticipated in school as a central requirement of the world of work. The analysed counselling interview reveals a narrowing of autonomy to the self-responsible execution of orders.</p></abstract>

Schools are under increasing pressure to prepare students for the transition to post-compulsory education and vocational training. Beyond the support of the students’ professional orientation, the focus is on students’ learning of soft skills. Based on an ethnographic study in schools of the lower secondary level, the article discusses how in school, autonomy is anticipated in school as a central requirement of the world of work. The analysed counselling interview reveals a narrowing of autonomy to the self-responsible execution of orders.

Autonomy as Anticipation of the World of Work at School

Institut für Forschung, Entwicklung und Evaluation

Institut für Weiterbildung und Medienbildung

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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Schools are under increasing pressure to prepare students for the transition to post-compulsory education and vocational training. Beyond the support of the...

Autonomy as Anticipation of the World of Work at School

Published Online: Nov 21, 2019

Page range: 299 - 316

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2019-0014

Keywords
Secondary School, autonomy, world of work, transition regime

© 2019 Judith Hangartner et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Autonomy as Anticipation of the World of Work at School

Published Online: Nov 21, 2019

Page range: 299 - 316

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2019-0014

KeywordsSecondary School, autonomy, world of work, transition regime

© 2019 Judith Hangartner et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Secondary School, autonomy, world of work, transition regime