Abstract

FREITAS, Maria de Fatima Quintal de  and  OLIVEIRA, Lygia Maria Portugal de. Youth and Professional Education: The Psychosocial Dimensions of the Young Apprentices Program. Psicol. pesq. [online]. 2012, vol.6, n.2, pp. 111-120. ISSN 1982-1247.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5327/Z1982-12472012000200004.

This paper aims to analyze the psychosocial impacts of the relationship between education and professionalization in the view of young people participating in a Learning Program (PA). Questionnaires were applied to 99 young people from the PA aiming to understand: reasons for admission and permanence; estimated importance; contributions to professional future and educational background. The qualitative analysis indicated a strong influence from friends/co-workers. The young people suggested improvements and indicated paradoxes in the work-training relationship.  Applying contributions from the Community Social Psychology and aiming at a civic formation, it was proposed a reflection about the relationship between youth and vocational education, contributions to an extended formation of young people and about the dynamics involving the "student who works" and the "worker who studies".

Keywords : Adolescent; Young Apprentices Program; community participation; youth work.

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