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

首先思考这个项目应该采取的理论方法，以告知研究主体，功能主义和社会化的社会理论将发挥重要作用。具体看看苏格兰的教育系统是如何教授这些年轻人进入劳动力市场和满足社会经济需求所需的技能的。此外，布迪厄的文化资本理论也可以作为社会理论来支持这一项目，因为它着眼于那些在社会中经历不平等的人，如BME年轻人，他们的文化资本可能比他们的同龄人少，为他们提供的未来机会更少，并限制了他们的道路。最后，微观VS宏观(结构VS中介)社会理论将通过考察这些年轻人的选择是否受到他们自己的愿望的指导，或者社会是否正在影响这些年轻人在苏格兰做出的选择，来更好地理解这项研究是如何产生的。此外，查看目前关于这个主题的文献，在主体研究之前提供更多的背景，引导我们关注政府的关键举措，如青年劳动力的发展--这是目前中学的一个巨大焦点。审查制定青年劳动力方案的进展报告将使我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，考察种族与可能影响其选择的因素之间的关系，从而研究其转型和劳动力市场结果，如社会经济背景。本研究将采用混合研究方法。将使用大规模数据集进行定量数据分析，以考察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的学校选择、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，以及关于学校毕业生的过渡和目的地的数据。还将分析来自UCAS和HESA的更多数据集，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。我们将采用半结构化访谈的方式，对不同少数民族背景的学生进行访谈，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，同时还允许分析的深度，以及研究人员在参与者之间进行比较和识别模式的能力。对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都做了哪些准备，让年轻人为积极的目的地做好准备。

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.