Unges perspektiver på fællesskaber og uddannelses - forløb på tekniske skolers erhvervsuddannelse

Artiklen bygger på 22 kvalitative interviews med unge, der går eller har gået på forskellige erhvervsuddannelser på tekniske skoler i Danmark, og den omhandler deres perspektiver på fællesskab og uddannelsesforløb. Den teoretiske ramme er social praksisteori og kritisk psykologi, og de væsentligste begreber er praksisfællesskab og institutionelle deltagelsesbaner og personlige deltagerbaner. I interviewene peger de unge på, at de har forventning og forhåbning om udvikling af nye fællesskaber og venskaber ved starten på den nye uddannelse. Erhvervsuddannelsernes institutionelle deltagelsesbaner åbner dog overvejende for deltagelse i fagligt orienterede fællesskaber. Tekniske skoler skaber ikke rammer for udvikling af et socialt liv for de unge efter skoletid på samme vis som fx gymnasierne. De unge går derfor hver til sit efter skoletid, og dermed sker en opdeling og adskillelse af skoleliv og fritidsliv, hvor de unges forhåbninger om udvikling af nye venskaber ikke imødekommes. I artiklen vises, hvordan forskellige unge udvikler deres deltagelse på teknisk skole med større eller mindre engagement og seriøsitet. Der argumenteres for, at skolelivet bør organiseres, så de sociale relationer styrkes, hvilket kan betyde, at de unge har lyst til at møde hver dag. Dette kan muligvis reducere frafaldet på erhvervsuddannelserne

FYSISK AKTIVITET OG SOCIAL DELTAGELSE: KVALITATIVT FELTSTUDIE BLANDT UNGE I EN DANSK SYVENDEKLASSE

We investigated school children’s intentions to participate or not to participate in physicalactivities. The empirical material is a six month field study with participant observationand qualitative interviews in a Danish seven grade class. The article’s theoretical standpointis social practice theory and critical psychology.Almost all school children are physically active, especially in their leisure time. Duringschool hours we do not see the exact same picture. For the participants it is of key importanceto socialize with friends, to participate and to avoid social exclusion, but not tobe physically active. The article illustrates how the school context is a contributor to thepatterning of physical activity and physical inactivity

Idrottsrörelsens syn på talang : En studie utifrån fyra idrottsförbund

Our aim is to analyse and discuss Swedish sport federations´ view about talent. We are analysing material, mainly in digital form, with focus on the identification of talents, development of talents and talents in a wider perspective. The first one is about when and how federations identify talents. The second one is about how they work with development of talents, for example, what is the most significant aspect to develop young people to become successful athletes. The third one is about organizations questions, how they work to create an environment that enables Swedish athletes to become great in sports. To do this we have selected four out of sixty-seven sport federations. We have chosen the Swedish Football federation, the Ice hockey federation, the Track & Field federation and the Ski federation. These four different sports are among the largest and most resourced sports and have a strong desire for results concerning competition. They also have quite a lot of material in this topic. When we discuss and analyse the federations we support our work with research from both Sweden and from abroad. The results show that in the team sports they identify talents in an early age even if they are aware of the fact that research proclaims that this should not be done. It also shows that talents are often identified from their early physical mature. When it comes to talent development the results indicate that they are well aware of children’s and youth’s growth and suggest nearly exactly what the literature says. In the wider perspective the four federations bring up things like, how they can appeal to more people so that they can choose talents from a larger group of athletes. In the long run they feel that this is going to make the Swedish sports elite better