Er selvtillid nok? Betydningen af tillid i fastholdelsen af unge i uddannelse

Increasing the number of youth completing secondary and tertiary education is essential for European as well as national strategies for education. A larger number of students are to finish a better quality education. In Denmark the target is for 95% of youth under 30 years of age to obtain secondary education. Hence, numerous targets are set politically and initiatives are formed educationally. In working with research projects within youth and retention, we have come across a tendency for initiatives to include ‘personal development’ of young people, explicitly as well as implicitly. In this presentation, I argue that such an individual focus best grasp the complexity of retention when coupled with a focus on the education of which the individual is a part. I argue that there is a need for connecting the two concepts in relation to ‘youth in educational clarification processes’ when working strategically with retention. The article is based on a qualitative research project on processes of transition and learning in regional Denmark.