TY - JOUR
T1 - The scope for state intervention in young people's learning and training
AU - Smith, Erica
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: Journal title (773t) = Journal of Education and Work. ISSNs: 1363-9080;
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - This article examines the scope for state intervention in the training and learning environment of young people in initial employment. It reports on the findings of a qualitative study of 11 teenagers entering full-time employment in New South Wales, Australia relating to the breadth and depth of the young people's learning in their jobs, and the factors which facilitated or inhibited their learning. Differences were found between those young people who were in formal contracts of training'apprenticeships and traineeships'and those who were not. It is argued that government intervention in young people's training need not be confined to the policy area of apprenticeships and traineeships. Other possible points of intervention by the state are suggested, using examples from the case studies to illustrate the beneficial effects which might flow from such intervention.
AB - This article examines the scope for state intervention in the training and learning environment of young people in initial employment. It reports on the findings of a qualitative study of 11 teenagers entering full-time employment in New South Wales, Australia relating to the breadth and depth of the young people's learning in their jobs, and the factors which facilitated or inhibited their learning. Differences were found between those young people who were in formal contracts of training'apprenticeships and traineeships'and those who were not. It is argued that government intervention in young people's training need not be confined to the policy area of apprenticeships and traineeships. Other possible points of intervention by the state are suggested, using examples from the case studies to illustrate the beneficial effects which might flow from such intervention.
U2 - 10.1080/1363908032000093030
DO - 10.1080/1363908032000093030
M3 - Article
VL - 16
SP - 385
EP - 406
JO - British Journal of Education & Work
JF - British Journal of Education & Work
SN - 1363-9080
IS - 4
ER -