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

• Students’ social and civic competencies: Predictors of ESL

  Externalising behaviours (e.g. deviant, disruptive, oppositional behaviour) are consistently shown to be risk factors for ESL. Civic competence (via participation in extracurricular activities) as well as social competence constitute protective factors. Peers also play a role. Supporting students’ social and emotional adjustment early on is warranted.

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

• The importance of the social and emotional competencies of educational staff

  The teacher’s social and emotional competencies are linked to healthy student-teacher relationships which, in turn, create better student social, emotional and academic outcomes, including lower levels of ESL. Such competencies of the teacher can be acquired in pre-service or in-service teacher education.

  Keywords : early school leaving  relational competence  teachers 
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11 February 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

• Team members’ and teachers’ understanding of their own unpleasant emotions in the process of teamwork or teaching

  The Circular Emotional Reaction (CER) model helps teachers and other professionals working in schools understand their own unpleasant emotions they experience during teaching and teamwork. The knowledge about emotions helps them regulate their emotional reactions and establish better relationships with other professionals or students so as to prevent ESL.

  Keywords : emotional competencies  Model of «circular emotional reaction»  self-reflection  student-teacher relationship  teachers’ unpleasent emotions  teamwork 
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23 July 2015, by Tina Rutar Leban