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[REPORT] ‘We had dreams’ – In-between duty and ability A qualitative study of academic expectations and support from home within young men with minority background

AbstractThis article’s main theme is high school dropout among young...
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Abstract

This article’s main theme is high school dropout among young men with a minority background. Studies show that this group of students are most likely to quit high school. Here, a young man with a minority background is examined in order to answer the research question What does a young man with a minority background say about academic expectations and support from home? The young man, which is in his early 20’s, has begun,  interrupted,  and re-continued his schooling.  He is now a  student in vocational studies and has been interviewed about his school experiences and support from home. This study is part of the project Marginalization and  Co-Created  Education(MaCE).  Therefore,  the qualitative method that has been used to get insight into this man`s experiences is the indirect approach.  This form of data collection has enabled the informant to decide which topics from his school history he finds most important to share. The data analysis is based on social constructivism, which means that the researcher’s knowledge is constructed through the interaction between researcher and informant. However,  it  is important to  point  out that  it  is primarily the informant’s perspective that  is emphasized in this  study. The findings  show that his parents seem to  have  high expectations of  him  to  excel academically. This  seems to  have influenced  the young  man’s view  of himself. To sum up, academic support from home is absent, but the academic expectations appear to be enormous. Thus,  the  idea of  academic  success seem to  make  the move  from  the parents’  home country worthy.

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