Transitions and Labour Market outcomes of young people from Ethnic Minority Backgrounds in Scotland

首先考虑这个项目应该采取的理论方法，以告知研究的主体，功能主义和社会化的社会理论将发挥重要作用。特别关注苏格兰的教育系统如何向这些年轻人传授他们进入劳动力市场和满足社会经济需求所需的技能。此外，布迪厄的文化资本理论也可以作为一种社会理论来支持这个项目，因为它着眼于那些在社会中经历不平等的人，如BME年轻人，可能比他们的同龄人拥有更少的文化资本，为他们提供更少的机会，并限制他们的道路。最后，微观vs宏观（结构与代理）社会理论将通过研究这些年轻人的选择是否受他们自己的欲望的指导，或者社会是否对这些年轻人在苏格兰做出的选择产生影响，更好地理解这项研究是如何被告知的。此外，查看当前关于这个主题的文献，在主体研究之前提供更多背景，这让我们看到了政府的重要举措，如发展青年劳动力-目前中学的一个巨大重点。审查“发展青年劳动力方案”的进展报告，将使人们更好地了解少数民族背景的年轻人离开学校前往积极的目的地的过渡和结果。还将审查学术期刊，研究种族与可能影响其选择的因素之间的关系，从而影响其过渡和劳动力市场的结果，如社会经济背景。本研究将采用混合方法。使用大规模数据集的定量数据分析将用于研究种族和社会阶层之间的关系，并研究这些因素如何影响这些年轻人在学校的选择，他们的教育程度和未来的劳动力市场结果。这些数据集将包括苏格兰政府的数据，包括苏格兰纵向研究，以及关于离校生过渡和目的地的数据。来自UCAS和HESA的进一步数据集也将进行分析，以更好地了解这些选择如何为这些年轻人的未来就业创造途径。由于这些数据集很大，在研究的早期阶段创建一个通用数据库以便于分析可能是有益的。数据收集的定性研究方法也将被用来补充统计分析。半结构式访谈将用于不同少数民族背景的学生，以探讨他们做出选择的原因。半结构化访谈将能够为研究人员和参与者提供更大的灵活性，同时也允许深入分析，并使研究人员能够进行比较和识别参与者之间的模式。与每所学校负责发展青年劳动力的个人进行半结构化访谈，也可能有助于更好地了解每所学校为使年轻人做好准备前往积极的目的地而做的工作。

Thinking first about the theoretical approach this project should take to inform the main body of research, the social theory of functionalism and socialisation will play an important role. Looking specifically at how the education system in Scotland is teaching these young people the skills they need for entering the labour market and meeting the economic needs of society. Furthermore, Bourdieu's cultural capital theory may also be used as a social theory to underpin this project as it looks at how those who experience inequality in society, such as BME young people, may have less cultural capital than their peers, affording them less opportunities in the future and restricting their pathways. Finally, the micro vs macro (structure vs agency) social theory will give a better understanding to how this research is informed by examining whether these young people's choices are guided by their own desires or whether society is having an impact on the choices that these young people are making in Scotland.Furthermore, looking at current literature on the topic, to provide more background before the main body research, leads us to look at crucial Government initiatives such as the Development of the Young Workforce - a huge focus in secondary schools currently. Examining progress reports from the Developing the Young Workforce Programme will give a better understanding of the transitions and outcomes of young people from ethnic minority backgrounds leaving school for positive destinations. Academic journals will also be examined looking at relationships between ethnicity and factors that may influence their choices, and therefore their transitions and labour market outcomes, such as socio-economic background. This research will adopt a mixed methods approach. Quantitative data analysis using large scale datasets will be employed to look at the relationships between ethnicity and social class and examine how these factors can impact the choices of these young people in school, their educational attainment, and future labour market outcomes. These datasets will include data from the Scottish Government, including the Scottish Longitudinal Study, and data on transitions and destinations of school leavers. Further datasets from UCAS and HESA will also be analysed to give a better insight into how these choices can create pathways for future employment of these young people. As these datasets are large it may be beneficial in the early stages of the research to create a common database for ease of analysis. Qualitative research methods for data collection will also be employed to compliment the statistical analysis. Semi-structured interviews will be used with pupils of different ethnic minority backgrounds to explore the reasons why they make the choices they do. Semi-structured interviews will be able to provide a greater deal of flexibility for the researcher and the participant while also allowing for depth of analysis and the ability for the researcher to make comparisons and recognise patterns between participants. Semi-structured interviews with individuals responsible for Developing the Young Workforce in each school may also be beneficial to gain a better understanding of what each school does to ready their young people to leave for positive destinations.