title: Learning in the workplace: Fostering resilience in disengaged youth.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  International reports on school-to-work transition make it clear that worldwide youth are at-risk for educational disengagement and are three times as likely to be unemployed as their adult counterparts. Work-based education (WBE) is one of the most frequently recommended solutions for youth disengagement which suggests that WBE serves as a protective factor and encourages resilience in at-risk youth. The objective of this study was to describe and compare the experiences of two at-risk youth enrolled in WBE.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two 18-year old at-risk youth enrolled in WBE were chosen for study because they were learning in workplaces judged likely to promote resilience. Both had been disengaged from school prior to enrolling in WBE.
  
  
  METHODS
  Each multiple-perspective case study includes the perspective of the youth, the workplace employer, and the work-based educator. Data consisted of ethnographic observations and interviews conducted at the workplace, and with the teacher in the school.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Each case study highlights how supportive adults and an at-risk youth engage in interactions that facilitate the emergence of resilience in the workplace.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In these two cases, risk and resilience are context specific, suggesting that at-risk youth may require tailored workplace programs to meet their career development needs.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Deluca
authors.forename: Nancy L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Hutchinson
authors.forename: Jennifer S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Delugt
authors.forename: Wanda
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Beyer
authors.forename: Antoinette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thornton
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Versnel
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: Hugh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Munby
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002170:Canada; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008611:Mentors; D013334:Students; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*