Antenne sociali per la formazione iniziale: un approccio strutturale per la rilevazione dei bisogni

Good territorial policy planning needs preliminary considerations about local
needs. The present case study intends to reflect on the importance of policy reference
context, starting from the identification of initial trainees' needs in a vocational
training centre in Piedmont. This research experience designs a detection
system (social antenna) aiming at identifying systemic needs of students and
their families, in order to provide appropriate policy making tools. The multidimensionality
of trainees' social disadvantage is addressed by structural equation
modeling. The present social antenna is specifically designed to detect the
changing needs of young trainees, but the systematization of this methodological
approach can guarantee the use of social antennas in different areas and contexts.
The fil rouge is the ability to provide policy indications on-the-fly, so that the
policy makers can instantaneously (re)orient interventions, depending on environmental
changes.
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