ERIC Number: EJ896455
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 15
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Gendered Post-Compulsory Educational Choices of Non-Heterosexual Youth
Lehtonen, Jukka
European Educational Research Journal, v9 n2 p177-191 2010
Gender and socio-economic background are widely acknowledged factors influencing the educational choices of young people. Following their compulsory education, young people in Finland choose between academically oriented general upper secondary schools and vocational upper secondary schools. Gender and class intertwine in these choices in many ways. This is particularly visible in vocational education, which is highly gender-segregated. This article focuses on the post-compulsory educational choices of non-heterosexual young people. It argues that, in addition to class and gender, sexuality is another relevant factor affecting processes related to educational and career choices. Based on interviews and stories produced with young non-heterosexual people, it analyse how gender, class and sexual orientation were constructed as meaningful in the educational choices these young people made. Young non-heterosexual people take part in processes where they are expected to construct educational and labour-market citizenship. They are often expected to be and act heterosexual; their non-heterosexuality is neither visible nor considered relevant when they consider their educational paths. However, many of these youth resist the gendered expectations forced on them and choose differently. (Contains 3 notes.)
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Compulsory Education, Social Status, Sexual Orientation, Young Adults, Foreign Countries, Sexuality, Vocational Education, Socioeconomic Background, School Choice, Gender Differences, Homosexuality
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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