TY - JOUR

T1 - Sind leistungsschwache Jugendliche tatsächlich nicht ausbildungsfähig?

T2 - Eine Längsschnittanalyse zur beruflichen Qualifizierung von Jugendlichen mit geringen kognitiven Kompetenzen im Nachbarland Schweiz

AU - Buchholz, Sandra

AU - Imdorf, Christian

AU - Hupka-Brunner, Sandra

AU - Blossfeld, Hans Peter

PY - 2012/12/1

Y1 - 2012/12/1

N2 - For several years, there is an increasing discussion in Germany that youths are less and less ready for vocational training. According to these reports that have been published by employers' representatives, there exists a relatively high share of youths whose cognitive competencies are too low to be successfully integrated into the German dual training system. Our article aims at investigating the maturity of youths with low cognitive competencies in a longitudinal design for Switzerland. The Swiss educational system resembles the German educational system in various main aspects and PISA has shown that the share of pupils with low competencies is comparably high in both countries. For our empirical analyses, we will use youth panel data from the Swiss TREE study which allows us to identify youths with low cognitive competencies and to follow their training trajectories after finishing compulsory schooling. Our results show that in the German neighbour Switzerland also youths with low competencies can be successfully integreated into the vocational training system. In contrast to Germany, the Swiss system thus is far more successful in offering also academically weak youths to obtain vocational training.

AB - For several years, there is an increasing discussion in Germany that youths are less and less ready for vocational training. According to these reports that have been published by employers' representatives, there exists a relatively high share of youths whose cognitive competencies are too low to be successfully integrated into the German dual training system. Our article aims at investigating the maturity of youths with low cognitive competencies in a longitudinal design for Switzerland. The Swiss educational system resembles the German educational system in various main aspects and PISA has shown that the share of pupils with low competencies is comparably high in both countries. For our empirical analyses, we will use youth panel data from the Swiss TREE study which allows us to identify youths with low cognitive competencies and to follow their training trajectories after finishing compulsory schooling. Our results show that in the German neighbour Switzerland also youths with low competencies can be successfully integreated into the vocational training system. In contrast to Germany, the Swiss system thus is far more successful in offering also academically weak youths to obtain vocational training.

KW - Academically weak youths

KW - Germany

KW - Readiness for training

KW - Switzerland

KW - Vocational training

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84874488498&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/s11577-012-0186-1

DO - 10.1007/s11577-012-0186-1

M3 - Artikel

AN - SCOPUS:84874488498

VL - 64

SP - 701

EP - 727

JO - Kolner Zeitschrift fur Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie

JF - Kolner Zeitschrift fur Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie

SN - 0023-2653

IS - 4

ER -