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Carey, Alexis; Povey, Rachel; Taylor, Jennifer – Preventing School Failure, 2023
Early school leaving (ESL) is considered a significant societal issue globally due to the negative effect on young people's health, affect, and quality of life. Continued absenteeism is a risk factor for ESL. This study aimed to explore Irish children's health and wellbeing experiences during school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Blanchard, Charlotte; Haccoun, Robert R. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2020
Support provided by the research advisor is understood to be one of the keys to success in higher-level studies. However, support remains a construct operationalised in many different ways, making it difficult to prescribe those behaviours supervisors should adopt or abandon to optimise support offered to students. This self-report study examines…
Descriptors: Faculty Advisers, Social Support Groups, Student Attitudes, Graduate Students
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Raven, John – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1978
Four thousand students and 1,200 teachers participated in an evaluation of Ireland's secondary education system. Student and teacher responses were compared, and significant disenchantment and alienation were found in both groups. Questionnaire items, which specified educational objectives, are included. A strategy is recommended for developing an…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Attitudes, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Criteria
Watts, Tony; McCarthy, John – 1998
Guidance strategies play an important role in reintegrating young people who have dropped out of the formal education, training, and employment system and must include support for nonformal guidance agents in the community. A European program has explored three strategies for linking formal and nonformal guidance structures to provide social…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Guidance, Community Organizations, Community Services