School dropout prevention policies in Argentine vocational education: Strategies, aims, and perspectives of institutional actors

Authors

  • Denise Bianca Maduro Silva Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4909-1850
  • Ana Miranda Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales - Argentina, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), University of Buenos Aires (UBA) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3261-4344

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.28.5456

Keywords:

School Dropout, Secondary Technical School, Vocational Education, Public Policy, Argentina

Abstract

This article analyses public policy programs for dropout prevention in the vocational upper secondary school in Argentina between 2003 and 2015. The study grounds on documents (reports, laws, and regulations) as well as interviews with officials of the Institute of Technological Education of the Ministry of Education from Argentina and in three technical schools maintained by the State in the City of Buenos Aires. Through a qualitative approach, the documents and the participants' discourse and narratives were analyzed under the categories: understanding the diagnosis of school dropout; thinking the solutions for school retention; defining the public educational policies. The research results show that the public policies were successful in democratizing access to the vocational secondary education, although presenting structural limits for carrying on effective dropout prevention in Argentina.

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Author Biographies

Denise Bianca Maduro Silva, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG

Doutora em Educação pelo Doutorado Latino-americano em Educação (UFMG). Mestre em Ciências Sociais com Orientação em Educação (FLACSO_AR). Pedagoga (UFMG).

Ana Miranda, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales - Argentina, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), University of Buenos Aires (UBA)

Dr. Social Sciences – FLACSO.  B. A. in Sociology. Her research and teaching are related to youth, education, inequality and labor. Since 1998, she has worked on the design of panels for the development of longitudinal studies. She has participated in academic cooperation projects with many universities, governments and UN organizations. She has written eight books, the most recent is Youth, Inequality & Social Change in the Global South, edited with Hernan Cuervo of the University of Melbourne.

Published

2020-12-14

How to Cite

Maduro Silva, D. B., & Miranda, A. (2020). School dropout prevention policies in Argentine vocational education: Strategies, aims, and perspectives of institutional actors. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 28, 186. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.28.5456

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