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Titel der Veröffentlichung: Betriebliche Normalitätserwartungen als Barrieren am Übergang in die berufliche Bildung: Ethnographische Einsichten in eine betriebliche Einstiegsqualifizierung

Betriebliche Normalitätserwartungen als Barrieren am Übergang in die berufliche Bildung: Ethnographische Einsichten in eine betriebliche Einstiegsqualifizierung

Given the farreaching debate on inclusive vocational education, companies providing vocational training are challenged to become receptive for a broad spectrum of social heterogeneity of young people. At the same time, many young people do not have access to initial vocational training. The so called "transition system" preparing for vocational training is to facilitate the integration of these young people. Even though, operational training measures aiming at preparing for vocational training are promising, they do not always fulfill the expectations of integrating young people into initial vocational system.

This article highlights the implementation of an operational measure in a company with no prior experience in pre-vocational training. Using an ethnographic research strate-gy this study examines how the trainees in such programs are perceived and addressed pedagogically by the training staff. The great importance of a comany´s normative expectations of so called soft skills are pointed out by several empirical examples. The operational training measure is brought forward by periodical reviews of the trainees´ soft skills rather than targeted support.