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Jørgensen, Christian Helms – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2015
The last two decades have seen an increasing political concern in the high dropout rates and low performance in education of boys compared to girls--at times in the form of a "moral panic". This has also been the case in Denmark where "the boy problem" in education now is placed high on the agenda of education policy. The…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Student Attrition, Males, Gender Differences
Tanggaard, Lene – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2013
The present paper addresses the phenomenon of student dropout from vocational education in Denmark. It does so by addressing the need to critically discuss the term "drop-out" taking the perspective of students' own reflections on the topic. The empirical findings indicate that dropout is considered in terms of two very different, but…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Dropouts, Student Attitudes
Grønborg, Lisbeth – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2013
This paper sheds light on how competence assessment takes place in the Danish Vocational and Educational Training System. It discusses how intentions formulated by the government have unintentional effects when implemented in practice. The qualitative methods used in this study consist of participant observations from my field study of dropouts in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Theory Practice Relationship, Dropouts