ERIC Number: EJ1346274
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-0267-1522
EISSN: EISSN-1470-1146
Various Reasons, Various Trajectories? Interrupted Schooling among Polish Upper Secondary School Students
Jasinska-Maciazek, Aleksandra; Hawrot, Anna; Marchlik, Paulina; Tomaszewska-Pekala, Hanna; Zóltak, Tomasz
Research Papers in Education, v37 n3 p418-440 2022
The aim of the study was to assess the scale of various interrupted schooling trajectories among Polish youth, and to identify the differences and similarities between students following these trajectories and their reasons for interrupting education. In a dataset of 5,414 young Polish adults, we identified 343 (6.3%) learners who left upper-secondary school at least once and followed one of four interrupted schooling trajectories: school non-completion, school switching non-completion, school switching completion and ISCED 3 graduates' non-completion. They differed from non-interrupted learners in the type of first attended upper-secondary school, gender and socio-economic status, although the pattern of differences varied depending on the trajectory. We also observed differences between interrupted trajectories in the above-mentioned characteristics, as well as in reasons for leaving or switching school, which gives evidence of heterogeneity among interrupted learners. This heterogeneity appeared also in groups usually analysed together, such as early school leavers, which should be taken into account in future studies. Moreover, the analyses showed important similarities between the school non-completion trajectory, which is usually covered in studies, and the ISCED 3 graduates' non-completion trajectory, which to date remained unrecognised. The results served as a basis for policy recommendations.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Dropouts, Reentry Students, Student Mobility, Graduation, Learning Processes, Attendance Patterns, Gender Differences, Socioeconomic Status, Transfer Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Poland
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