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Dan O'Sullivan – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2023
This article investigates the career paths of learners who attended Youthreach education centres. Youthreach originated in 1989 as an alternative pathway for early school learners experiencing disadvantage. Youthreach is an underresearched sector of the education system, even less is known about the career progression of Youthreach graduates. This…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Career Pathways, Foreign Countries, Youth Programs
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O'Sullivan, Dan – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2018
This study examines Early School Leaving (ESL) and resilience in young people aged 15-20. It explores effects of negative internalised stereotypes on Early School Leavers (ESLs). Three Positive Youth Development (PYD) programmes were used to challenge these stereotypes in one Youthreach centre. 19 participants recruited from a Youthreach centre…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Resilience (Psychology), Adolescents, Young Adults