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Björn Boman; Marie Wiberg – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2024
The current study analysed the relationships between socio-economic status, migration background, and non-cognitive factors and PISA reading and mathematics achievement. The results from multi-level analyses on Sweden's PISA survey from 2018 indicate that both mathematics achievement and reading achievement are affected by SES, migration…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students, International Assessment
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Sandberg, Fredrik – Studies in Continuing Education, 2016
Building on narratives of students in adult education in Sweden, where the majority of the students are young adults, this paper argues that adult education has both negative and positive aspects in helping individuals to be recognised as valuable. Students, often part of the precariat class, have not always been able to survive in the job market…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Unemployment, Academic Failure