ISBN:
9789048197637
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XIX, 410p, digital)
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. School dropout and completion
Keywords:
Education, Higher
;
Education
;
Education
;
Education, Higher
;
Dropouts
;
Dropouts
;
Prevention
;
School attendance
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Schulabbruch
;
Schulabschluss
Abstract:
School dropout remains a persistent and critical issue in many school systems, so much so that it is sometimes referred to as a crisis. Populations across the globe have come to depend on success at school for establishing careers and gaining access to post-school qualifications. Yet large numbers of young people are excluded from the advantages that successful completion of school brings and as a result are subjected to consequences such as higher likelihood of unemployment, lower earnings, greater dependence on welfare and poorer physical health and well-being. Over recent decades, most western nations have stepped up their efforts to reduce drop out and raise school completion rates while maintaining high standards. How school systems have approached this, and how successful they are, varies. This book compares the various approaches by evaluating their impact on rates of dropout and completion. Case studies of national systems are used to highlight the different approaches including institutional arrangements and the various alternative secondary school programs and their outcomes. The evaluation is based on several key questions: What are the main approaches? How do they work? For whom do they work? And, how successful are they in promoting high rates of completion and equivalent outcomes for all? This book examines the nature of the dropout problem in advanced industrialized countries with the goal of developing a broader, international understanding that can feed into public policy to help improve completion rates worldwide.
Description / Table of Contents:
School Dropoutand Completion; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Contributors; Role of Editors; Chapter 1: School Dropout and Completion: An International Perspective; Introduction; Defining and Measuring Completion and Dropout; Social Inequality and School Completion; Modern Growth in School Completion; Plan of the Book; References; Part I:Structures and Pathways; Chapter 2: Pathways to School Completion: An International Comparison; Part II:Case Studies; Introduction to the European Education Systems; Chapter 3: The Question of School Dropout: A French Perspective
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 4: School Dropout and Completion in SpainChapter 5: Towards Compulsory Participation in England; Chapter 6: Participation in Post-Compulsory Learning in Scotland; Chapter 7: Germany's Education System and the Problem of Dropouts: Institutional Segregation and Program Diversification; Chapter 8: School Dropout in Secondary Education: The Case of Poland; Chapter 9: School Dropout and Completion in Switzerland; Introduction to the Nordic Education Systems; Chapter 10: Dropout and Completion in Upper Secondary Education in Finland
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 11: Dropout in a Small Society: Is the Icelandic Case Somehow Different?Chapter 12: Early Leaving, Non-Completionand Completion in Upper Secondary Education in Norway; Introduction to the New World Education Systems; Chapter 13: High School Dropouts in the United States; Chapter 14: Educational Systems and School Dropout in Canada; Chapter 15: School Dropout and Completion in Australia; Part III:Programs, Equity and Policy; Chapter 16: Vocational Education and Training in France and Germany: Friend or Foe of the Educationally Disadvantaged?
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 17: Pathways to Completion for School DropoutsChapter 18: School Dropout and Inequality; Chapter 19: Policies to Reduce School Dropoutand Increase Completion; Index;
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DOI:
10.1007/978-90-481-9763-7
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