Evaluation of "The Project of Vocational Skills Training and Guidance for Junior High School Graduates not in Education or Employment" in Taiwan.

详细信息   

• 作者：Wu ; Jeng Hwang.
• 学历：Doctor
• 年：2012
• 导师：Ngai,Ngan-pun,eadvisorNgai,Sek-yum Stevenecommittee memberNgai,Ngan-punecommittee memberWu,Qiao-bingecommittee memberWang,Lih Rongecommittee member
• 毕业院校：The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Department：Social Welfare.
• ISBN：9781303022203
• CBH：3538894
• Country：China
• 语种：English
• FileSize：5111027
• Pages：401

文摘

This study evaluates the outcome and process of Evaluation of &ldquo；The Project of Vocational Skills Training and Guidance for Junior High School Graduates not in Education or Employment&rdquo； in Taiwan. It is a training program targeting at young people aged 15-19 years old,who are not in education,employment or training NEET). The mixed method of qualitative and quantitative research design was adopted. Exploring from the personal,community and structural levels,the inadequate employability,poverty of social network,and negative effect of vicious cycle of social exclusion were derived from literature review. As a result,the three dimensions &ndash； inadequate employability,poverty of social network,and social exclusion were identified and used as strategies to deal with the problem of NEET,and to examine the effectiveness of the Project. The Study found that the Project has achieved significant effect as a whole in helping young people to get out of the situation of NEET,and also effectively promoted their social network dimension and active participation dimension； but the effectiveness of enhancement of employability was limited. The major reason is mainly due to the short training time which cannot effectively developed the relevant employability of young people. Moreover,in the process of evaluation,the study also found that the scattered experiential education approach has significant effect in promoting active participation,the mixed mode of work experiential practice approach is better than separate approach,classes with students more than half referring from the courts demonstrate significant progress,and small classes in linking social networks and promoting active participation dimension have shown better results. Besides,the Project also reported other areas of improvement in relation to its design and implementation. On the basis of the findings,the researcher further pointed out the stereotyped &ldquo；illegitimacy&rdquo；of youth&rsquo；s social role being seen as a problem in the major cause of young people to become NEET. Beside,despite of poverty of social network,they were also involved in some &ldquo；negative social network&rdquo； and fostered the &ldquo；instability habit&rdquo； that affects the young people unable to participate in education and employment continuously. Finally,relevant policies and practices are suggested for future consideration,such as establishing long-term accompanying &ldquo；on the job counselling&rdquo；mode of training,developing the &ldquo；training institute-based community network&rdquo；,and combining with social security policy,to encourage enterprises to provide jobs and training opportunities to assist young people of NEET.