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The Effect of Autonomy-Supportive Climate in a Second Chance Programme for At-Risk Youth on Dropout Risk: The Mediating Role of Adolescents' Sense of Authenticity
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Gueta, Batel; Berkovich, Izhak – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2022
This study aimed to extend the limited knowledge on the motivational and identity aspects of youth at risk in second chance programmes. The study examined the relationships between autonomy-supportive climate, adolescents' sense of authenticity, and their dropout risk, as well as the mediating role that authenticity plays in the relationships,…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Personal Autonomy, Correlation, Educational Environment
The Map and the Territory: A Subversive Synopticon in an Alternative Educational Space
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Amitay, Gila; Rahav, Giora – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2021
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between a school's design and architecture and its educational practices, in light of critical theories regarding place, space and education. The study was based on 63 observations during the school daily activities and 75 semi-structured interviews with students, teachers and other staff,…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Practices, Power Structure
Dropout-Mertonian or Reproduction Scheme?
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Horowitz, Tamar Ruth – Adolescence, 1992
Examined dropping out of school in four schools in Israel. Found significant differences in attitudes of persistent students and dropouts even before act of dropping out occurred. In vocational, comprehensive, and agricultural schools, dropouts scored more positively than persistent students on Anderson's Alienation Scales: self-estrangement,…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Foreign Countries, Identification, Potential Dropouts
Possible Determinants of Holding Power in Israeli Secondary Schools.
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Biniaminov, Israel; Glasman, Naftaly S. – Journal of Educational Research, 1982
Four variables were tested for their influence on the holding power of 32 high schools in Israel: (1) level of disadvantaged students; (2) school attractiveness and class size; (3) teacher's educational level; and (4) school dropout rate. Correlations were found between level of disadvantaged students and school attractiveness, and between teacher…
Descriptors: Class Size, Dropout Rate, Educational Environment, Educationally Disadvantaged