Twenty-fifth International Conference on Learning

Abstract

The provision of alternative education is a desirable opportunity for children and youth who are at-risk. It gives students the aspiration and drive to achieve their dreams and goals in life. But establishing an educational system with curriculum flexibility may not necessarily be the only influencing factor that these children and youth at-risk need in order to be educated in their pursuit of a successful career. There are certain issues unexamined from the sociological point of view. Alternative education becomes the means, but ultimately the course of finishing a life goal substantially requires a great deal of resilience on the part of the learner. The layering of unique realities was explored in this study which unpacked cultural values transmitted through course of social relationships. The lived experience through narratives of five social actors using thematic analysis presented deeper meaning and understanding of education. Evidence revealed that there is the indigenization of resilience which became the central point of argument. The realized issues of poignant realities in the learning process have permeated within the social structures that is being dealt upon by alternative education.