Los jóvenes ante la elección formativa y vocacional en España

Mercedes Chacón Delgado and Mónica Moso Díez
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Mercedes Chacón Delgado: Fundación Bankia por la Formación Dual
Mónica Moso Díez: Fundación Bankia por la Formación Dual

EKONOMIAZ. Revista vasca de Economía, 2018, vol. 94, issue 02, 204-225

Abstract: The aim of this article is to analyze the factors that explain educational choices among young people from 16–19 years old, including those in general and vocational upper-secondary education (ISCED 3). Adopting a multifactorial systemic approach that draws on social cognitive theory on Career, and in line with the findings of related research, it conducts a study of the variables that influence educational and vocational training choices among young people in Spain. To this end, exploratory research was conducted in the form of a survey of over 10,000 young people. Its findings suggest that the most decisive factors are individual (pedagogical/academic) and social (sociodemographic), which lays down the challenge of improving guidance, system efficiency and socioeconomic support. The contribution this research makes to the field lies in its novel approach and in the quantitative scale of the sample. Nevertheless, it is necessary to continue study in this significant scientific field due to the prescriptive influence it exerts on the future of our young people.

Keywords: academic and professional orientation; educational and vcational choice; elección formativa y vocacional; formación profesional inicial (ISCED 3); guidance process; initial vocational education and train.(ISCED 3); orientación académico-profesional; orientación y proceso (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I25 M53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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