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A. J. Brinkley – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024
Background: Physical activity and modes of sport are widely adopted to promote health, wellbeing, behavioural outcomes and educational attainment in young people excluded from education. However, little is known about the physical activity or sports involvement of excluded young people or the role of participation on predictors and outcomes…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Athletics, Student Participation, Foreign Countries
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Ahmet Kuscuoglu; Dimitra Hartas – Research Papers in Education, 2024
Children undergo significant changes as they enter secondary school, a time during which their social and academic self-concept is fluid and the pressures to adjust and show positive attitudes and behaviours are intense. Utilising data from the Millennium Cohort Study (Waves 4 and 5) the purpose of this study was two-fold: to examine longitudinal…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Self Concept, Self Esteem, Preadolescents
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Balázs Égert; Christine de la Maisonneuve; David Turner – Education Economics, 2024
This paper develops a new measure of human capital, calculated as a cohort-weighted average of the quality of education (PISA scores) and the quantity of education (mean years of schooling). Contrary to the existing studies, the relative weights of quality and quantity are estimated (and not calibrated). The quality of education is estimated to be…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Outcomes of Education, Educational Quality, Macroeconomics