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Understanding and Intervening in the Personal Challenges and Social Relationships Risk Categories to Early Leaving
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Rueda, Patricia Olmos; Sallán, Joaquín Gairín – Journal of Education and Work, 2021
Early leaving studies demonstrate it is possible to improve young people's opportunities through education and training. The current research evidence has yet to agree a definitive answer as to where the primary policy focus to improve their life chances should be. That is, which risk factors are the most impactful for minimising early school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dropouts, Risk, Interpersonal Relationship
Stemming the Tide: Tackling Early Leaving from Vocational Education and Training in Times of Crises. Synthesis Report of Cedefop/ReferNet Survey. Research Paper
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Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2023
This synthesis report is based on a survey carried out during 2022 with Cedefop's reporting network ReferNet. It makes an important contribution to understanding the magnitude of early leaving from VET (ELVET) in those European countries where relevant data are available, and the mechanisms and support measures countries employ to measure and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Academic Persistence, Teacher Influence, Principals
Can Mainstream and Alternative Education Learn from Each Other? An Analysis of Measures against School Dropout and Early School Leaving in Portugal
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Nada, Cosmin I.; Santos, Sofia A.; Macedo, Eunice; Araújo, Helena C. – Educational Review, 2020
In the last 20 years, Early School Leaving (ESL) in Portugal has registered a significant decrease. In order to understand the reasons for this trend towards improvement, this paper conducts an analysis of anti-ESL measures implemented in diverse educational institutions. The main objective is to understand how mainstream and alternative education…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Foreign Countries
What Do Young Adults' Educational Experiences Tell Us about Early School Leaving Processes?
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Santos, Sofia A.; Nada, Cosmin; Macedo, Eunice; Araújo, Helena C. – European Educational Research Journal, 2020
What leads young people to disengage and leave school early? This paper focuses on young adults' educational trajectories, with the objective of identifying useful insights for improving school measures and strategies against early school leaving and school disengagement. Specifically, it draws upon an empirical study with young adults from the…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Educational Experience, Dropouts, Dropout Prevention
Comparative Perspectives on Early School Leaving in the European Union. Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education
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Van Praag, Lore, Ed.; Nouwen, Ward, Ed.; Van Caudenberg, Rut, Ed.; Clycq, Noel, Ed.; Timmerman, Christiane, Ed. – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2017
Early School Leaving in the European Union provides an analysis of early school leaving (ESL) in nine European Union countries, with a particular focus on young people who were previously enrolled in educational institutions inside and outside mainstream secondary education. The comparative approach employed by this volume adds to the existing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Dropouts, Dropout Prevention