Aldinucci, A., Valiente, O. , Hurrell, S. and Zancajo, A. (2021) Understanding aspirations: why do secondary TVET students aim so high in Chile? Journal of Vocational Education and Training, (doi: 10.1080/13636820.2021.1973543) (Early Online Publication)
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Abstract
The interest in educational and professional aspirations of students transiting to post-secondary education has gained prominence in academic debates and policy agendas internationally. Political interventions for raising aspirations quite often draw on narrow instrumental and rationalistic assumptions of individual decision-making that, as we will argue, do not capture adequately the meanings students attribute to these aspirations. By means of in-depth interviews and combining a critical realist approach to social action with capabilities approach, the paper explores the educational and professional aspirations of students at the end of secondary TVET in Chile. We consider that high educational aspirations of secondary TVET students in Chile need to be understood as a reflexive response to significantly high social inequalities in the country, the precarity of working conditions in a highly liberalised labour market, and the enduring neoliberal tenet of meritocracy. We also argue that understanding aspirations is key to reimagine TVET’s roles and purposes at individual, institutional and national levels, towards fairer opportunities for human development.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Status: | Early Online Publication |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Valiente, Professor Oscar and Hurrell, Dr Scott and Aldinucci, Ms Alice and Zancajo, Dr Adrian |
| Authors: | Aldinucci, A., Valiente, O., Hurrell, S., and Zancajo, A. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > Adam Smith Business School > Management College of Social Sciences > School of Education College of Social Sciences > School of Education > Educational Leadership & Policy |
| Journal Name: | Journal of Vocational Education and Training |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| ISSN: | 1363-6820 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1747-5090 |
| Published Online: | 31 August 2021 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2021 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in Journal of Vocational Education and Training 2021 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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