Bibliography

• Interplay of factors contributing to ESL at the levels of the individual, the family and social background

  Individual cognitive factors, especially low-achievement patterns, increase the risk for ESL, but non-cognitive factors (e.g. personality traits, problem behaviour) also play a role. At the level of the family and social background, the most prominent risk factor is low socio-economic status. However, it is noted that ESLers comprise a heterogeneous group.

  Keywords : early school leaving 
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11 February 2015, by Maša Vidmar

• Interplay of factors that contribute to ESL at school level

  Although ESL is impacted by the composition of a school (e.g. mean SES) and its structure (e.g. size), school practices, especially the way curriculum is delivered in practice as well as caring, supportive and respectful teachers (and other school staff) who believe in students’ ability to succeed, seem particularly important for ensuring (potential) ESLers remain in school.

  Keywords : early school leaving  school climate 
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23 July 2015, by Maša Vidmar

• The relationship between teachers’ teaching styles, students’ engagement in school and ESL

  A teacher’s teaching style (authoritative, authoritarian and permissive) affects students’ experience in school. It can provoke functional or non-functional perceptions of learning, self-efficacy and schoolwork, thus an appropriate teaching style can help prevent early school leaving.

  Keywords : early school leaving  school engagement  self-determination  teacher-student relationship  teaching style 
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23 July 2015, by Tina Rutar Leban

• ESL prevention extended to the home environment: the relationship between (authoritative) parenting style and ESL

  Research emphasises the positive impact of an authoritative parenting style on school achievements, school engagement and also directly on ESL. Parents’ behaviour that is accepting, warm and encouraging yet also firm and with clear expectations has the most favourable impact on a child’s/adolescent’s development and also acts as an ESL preventive factor. Other parenting styles (authoritarian, permissive and uninvolved) have been examined less.

  Keywords : early school leaving  parent-child/adolescent relationship  Parenting style  school achievement  school engagement 
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23 July 2015, by Tina Rutar Leban