In Finland, youth workshops support participants’ everyday management, social empowerment and employability skills, facilitating their access to education and work. In this study, we analysed conversations with ten participants about their experiences in non-formal learning workshops in Northern Finland. We explore how participants described personal transformation borne by workshop participation and how the prevalent discourses on youth (un)employment manifest in participants’ reasons for action. In the analysis, we identified (1) how participants assessed their situations; (2) their thoughts, feelings and actions in relation to their situations; and (3) their grounds for these thoughts, feelings and actions. The societal dimension of subjective experience is articulated by identifying the prevalent societal discourses featured in participants’ descriptions. The analysis showed that participants described themselves as vulnerable prior to the intervention and motivated after the intervention. Participants experienced tailored support as being significant in fostering the change. Individual descriptions of how the learning and training conditions were experienced constitute valuable knowledge about the possible ways of acting and experiencing in relation to common structures. With the help of these descriptions, it would be valuable for researchers and participants to continue the conversation about the discourses to enhance the participants’ conscious participation in maintaining and changing their living conditions.
Opinnollistaminen nuorten työpajan ekspansiivisena toimintakonseptina ja yhteistyöverkoston haasteena Artikkelissa tutkitaan opinnollistamista nuorten työpajan uutena toimintakonseptina perinteisen työ- ja kuntoutustoiminnan rinnalla. Kysymme, miksi hanketoiminnassa kehitetty, osapuolten hyväksi havaitsema malli on vakiintunut hitaasti työpajakäytäntöön. Aineiston muodostavat työpajan, oppilaitoksen ja muun palveluverkoston edustajien haastattelut. Kulttuurihistoriallisen toiminnan teorian viitekehyksessä analysoimme ensin haastateltujen esille tuomia ekspansiivisia ratkaisuja. Toiseksi tutkimme opinnollistamistoiminnan vakiinnuttamisen ongelmatyyppejä. Tuloksissa mallinsimme opinnollistamisen ekspansiivisena toimintakonseptina ja osoitimme, että sen vakiinnuttaminen osaksi työpajojen toimintaa edellyttää monenlaisten yhteiskunnallisten ja koulutuspoliittisten reunaehtojen eli ongelmatyyppien käsittelyä. Lisäksi kestävä ekspansiivinen toiminta edellyttää toiminnan jatkuvaa uudelleenluomista yli projektilähtöisen kehittämisen.
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