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Antecedents of Norwegian Adolescents’ Choice of Educational Pathway in Hospitality and Tourism

“…Moreover, Sandberg and Markussen (2009) found a general trend among Norwegian youth to choose university oriented programs in secondary school and disregard vocational classes and apprenticeship. The Norwegian Directorate of Education (Utdanningsdirektoratet, 2017) and Høst (2012) confirmed this trend not only in Norway but also in other Nordic and European countries. The underlying reasons for this trend are still not clear.…”

“…Further, despite shared challenges, similarities in society, and a standardization of vocational education within the high school system in each of the Nordic countries, structural differences in the vocational educations between the countries persist. Denmark, Iceland, and Norway have considerable systems of apprenticeship, while the education in Sweden and Finland is more school oriented (Høst, 2012). In Norway, two main pathways are optional at this stage, university or college-oriented foundation classes, which delay the orientation toward specific industries and professions, or vocational foundation classes.…”