Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Out,
Dri/ing
O,
Being
Excluded
Chapter
2
Chapter
2--IntroducEon
Contextualizing
Early
School
Leaving
Young
people
are
exercising
agency
and
engaging
in
consciously
chosen
acEon
(Smyth
&
HaOam,
2004,
p.
39).
They
are
doing
this
in
the
best
way
possible,
within
a
context
over
which
they
have
liOle
control.
Government
EducaEon
is
a
funcEon
and
responsibility
of
government
(p.
38).
The
South
Australian
CerEcate
of
EducaEon
(SACE)
More
federal
government
involvement
beginning
in
the
early
1980s
EducaEonal
policy
is
o/en
framed
within
a
neo-liberal
discourse
(p.
39).
Neo-Liberalism
Government
is
Eed
to
capitalism
Idea
of
democracy
and
insEtuEons
weakened
LiberEes
curtailed
(p.
39)
Student
Portraits
Lack
of
Relevance/Real
World
Applicability
Engagement
Voice
Control
over
circumstances
(poverty,
address)
OpEons
Get
a
job
Get
training
Go
to
university
These
are
also
being
deregulated
and
access
is
being
restricted.