Mark Cieslik|Donald Simpson
Skills for Life? Basic Skills and Marginal Transitions from School to Work
Teesside University
paper reports qualitative research project explored influence basic skills schooltowork transitions young adults large numbers young people poor skills yet neglected area study document skill competencies act barriers learning labour market opportunities illustrating individuals reticent accessing opportunities individual decisionmaking agency important transitions paper illustrates relationships decisionmaking structuring effects prior learning experiences indicates therefore structural conditioning agential processes linked together shape transition routes