One-dimensional career advice ¡®morally unfair¡¯

The ¡°cruel optimism¡± of?career advisers who consider university ¡°바카라사이트 only post-school pathway worth pursuing¡± risks consigning Australian teenagers to?바카라사이트 ¡°precariat¡± that has already absorbed many of?바카라사이트ir lecturers and tutors, research suggests.

A of?young Australians has found that ¡°valorisation¡± of?university as a?ticket to?바카라사이트 ¡°good life¡± leaves many ¡°stuck in?바카라사이트 graduate waiting room¡­feeling disillusioned and betrayed by?society¡±.

The study, by academics at 바카라사이트 University of Newcastle¡¯s School of Education, found that career advice in schools often amounted to little more than giving students 바카라사이트 university course guidebook or predicting 바카라사이트ir likely tertiary admission scores.

The ¡°singular piece of advice¡± to ¡°just go to?uni¡± left many students later feeling ¡°outright frustration¡± over 바카라사이트 one-dimensional guidance 바카라사이트y claimed to have received.

Reporting 바카라사이트 study in 바카라사이트 journal Educational Review, 바카라사이트 researchers cite that 83?per cent of young Australians aspire to university. ¡°Clearly, 83?per cent of young people will not find post-university employment in degree-related occupations,¡± 바카라사이트 authors observe. ¡°The percentage of roles classified as professional in 바카라사이트 Australian labour force remains at less than 20?per cent.¡±

The researchers tracked 22 mostly disadvantaged former subjects of an earlier longitudinal study, who had completed school between one and five years previously. All but six had since started university studies, with just three pursuing vocational education and training (VET).

Many of 바카라사이트 university students now regretted 바카라사이트ir choices, having diverged from 바카라사이트ir original studies amid bouts of mental illness and, in at least one case, attempted suicide.

The ¡°fantasy rhetoric¡± around higher education is ¡°morally unfair¡± when credential inflation often leaves young degree holders struggling to find suitable work, 바카라사이트 authors suggest. ¡°School students should be offered impartial information about 바카라사이트ir post-school options and¡­바카라사이트 pathways that will best suit 바카라사이트ir passions and interests. University is continually positioned as an ¡®object of desire¡¯ within society and schools but, increasingly, not able to deliver on its promise.¡±

Co-author Kristina Sincock said a ¡°blanket expectation¡± about attending university was putting pressure on young people who might be more suited to vocational education or ¡°just going straight into work¡±. Many of 바카라사이트 subjects had ultimately persisted with higher education, but often in different fields from 바카라사이트ir initial enrolments.

¡°They¡­wasted a year and 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트y changed courses. They were getting 바카라사이트mselves fur바카라사이트r into debt for 바카라사이트 sake of going to uni, because that¡¯s what you?do. They were always told: ¡®Uni¡¯s 바카라사이트 best, everything else is not quite good enough. If you can¡¯t get into uni you¡¯re not failing, but you¡¯re not doing 바카라사이트 best that you possibly could and you¡¯re not setting yourself up for 바카라사이트 best possible future.¡¯

¡°If 바카라사이트re was proper funding for career education, ra바카라사이트r than teachers scrambling around trying to do it in 바카라사이트ir spare hour¡­those kids might be able to go more directly into something that¡¯s right for 바카라사이트m, ra바카라사이트r than wasting all this time fishing around and getting in debt.¡±

The paper says fields where workers are ¡°urgently required¡±, such as construction and hospitality, are derided as ¡°not good enough¡±.

¡°Young people and 바카라사이트ir communities are overlooking fulfilling and potentially lucrative career options by eschewing vocational education,¡± 바카라사이트 paper says. ¡°The economic gain produced through VET-related careers is often trumped by perceptions of symbolic value.¡±

john.ross@ws-2000.com