Différenciations dans les parcours de formation post-obligatoire en Suisse. Constantes et changements

• Main Author: Elisabetta Pagnossin
• Format: Article
• Language: fra
• Published: Université de Provence 2011-06-01
• Series: Questions Vives
• Subjects: branch of education; gender equality; post-compulsory education; Switzerland; vocational training and teaching
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/questionsvives/753

Decisions on post-compulsory education for the young Swiss are always highly gendered. The distribution of girls and boys in post-compulsory pathways has not much evolved for a decade even if the level of education reached by girls has increased a lot. The traditional model of the gendered division of labour and of social roles is still very present in the country. It is obviously reflected in educational choices especially for the 15 year-olds. Choices of pathways and more particularly choices of educational fields remain very gendered. Nonetheless, some changes can be detected particularly regarding the orientation of girls as they are keener on investing themselves in atypical training courses. This trend should continue.