Session Information
19 SES 14 A, The Importance of the Local when Analysing Pedagogic Institutions and Practices
Symposium
Contribution
In the current economic order the basic duty of citizens is to find placements in the internationalizing labour market, and internationalism has been a common educational objective throughout Europe. Internationalism, previously associated as a feature of middle-class subjectivities and academic education, is implemented in the agenda of vocational education as well. In this paper I analyse how vocational students in the educational context of social and health care see their future in presumed internationalizing labour market. The analysis is based on three years ethnographic field work in one vocational institute. Data consists of field notes, interviews, and material produced by the institute, for example student guides, leaflets, web pages and curriculum documents. The analysis is influenced by material and post structural feminist theories. Preliminary analysis suggests that transnational mobility presented as an educational aim in vocational curriculum is partly a fantasy of policy makers. Imagined futures of vocational students are mainly bond with national labour market. When imagining their futures young people reflect on social, cultural and material resources they have an access. Transnational experiences of life might sometimes work as a resource when generating a sense of oneself with value.
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