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COLLEGE DROP OUT CAUSES HOW TO

Girl, 17 years, vocational student (interviewed in Aftenposten, 2015, translated by us).Įven though most educational programs are organized in order to support integration into the social and professional world ( Beblavy et al., 2011), some pupils decide to drop out of these educational programs.

«Hvorfor er det sånn at jeg må være flau, hvorfor må de som har valgt et yrkesfaglig program bli stemplet som dumme, teorisvake og skoleleie?»

COLLEGE DROP OUT CAUSES HOW TO

Thoughts for how to better understand family reactions in relation to drop out are discussed. As expected, anger directed at others was fully explained by a concern for the family’s social-image (i.e., a concern for condemnation by others), while anger directed at the former pupil was fully explained by a concern for the family’s self-image (i.e., a concern for their moral self-image). In our vignette study ( N = 129), we found that anger at others and anger at the pupil were significantly higher if our community participants imagined a drop out from a vocational education rather than a general education.

2PErSEUs, Sciences Humaines et Sociales, Université de Lorraine (Metz), Nancy, FranceĪs dropping out of school is considered a violation of moral norms, the family associated with the drop out can react with anger directed toward the pupil or with anger directed at others that might know of the drop out.

1Faculty of Health and Welfare, Østfold University College, Fredrikstad, Norway.