EU policy documents stress that ESL holds important long-term economic consequences (economic growth) and macro-social consequences (social cohesion). Research calculating the financial costs of ESL very convincingly supports these arguments, while there are various difficulties in quantifying the social consequences of ESL. According to critical policy approaches, this potentially narrows understanding of the problem of ESL to its economic dimension.
TEAM COOPERATION TO FIGHT EARLY SCHOOL LEAVING
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Urška Štremfel
Articles by this author (9)
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Why is ESL a problem for contemporary (EU) society?
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Why is ESL a problem for modern (EU) society ?
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The emergence, importance and challenges of a cross-sectorial approach to ESL
The multi-faceted nature of the ESL problem in turn calls for a multi-faceted response. Cross-sectoral cooperation is seen a promising solution in this regard. Although highly promoted in EU policy documents, it encounters a lack of conceptual clarity and various challenges to its practical implementation. The proper evaluation of practices currently in place across the EU would help with its development.
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Importance of cross-sectorial approach towards ESL
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ESL in the EU: Policy overview and development
In the OMC process the EU’s strategic goals on ESL are framed, measured by specific indicators and benchmarks (by 2020 the share of ESLers should be less than 10%), translated into national ESL policies and periodically monitored. Knowing and understanding this process among all relevant actors is crucial for their more proactive involvement in ESL policy-making and contributing to good governance in the EU.
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ESL in the EU: Learning from differences and common trends
The differences in policies and practices for addressing ESL in the EU should be seen as creating a lucky situation since through the process of policy learning they enable various unique solutions to be found to the ESL problem. Despite the well-established architecture for policy learning, the vertical transfer of knowledge between the various levels of multi-level governance remains a challenge.
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The role of career guidance in ESL
Career guidance (with appropriate methods, contents, early provision, the actors involved) can overcome two important (individual) ESL risk factors – the lack of relevance of schooling and the lack of educational/career aspirations. The systematic development of career management skills helps potential ESLrs perceive their schooling as a meaningful part of their lifelong personal, social and career development.
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Understanding ESL in the EU : policy framework and development
Since 2000 an enhanced framework for reducing ESL in the EU has been developed on the basis of the open method of coordination (OMC). The research results show that the OMC potentials should be better exploited in order to respect principles of good governance and to ensure more efficient attaining of the EU benchmark.
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ESL in the EU : differences and common trends
Differences of national educational systems in the EU should be seen as a luckily situation, enabling to find various unique solutions to ESL problem. When these solutions are provided on controlled policy experiments and are thoroughly contextualized, they could become a mainstream practice for reducing ESL at the EU level.