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.
TEAM COOPERATION TO FIGHT EARLY SCHOOL LEAVING
TOGETHER EVERYONE ACHIEVES MORE
Maša Vidmar
Articles by this author (24)
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Interplay of factors contributing to ESL at the levels of the individual, the family and social background
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Interplay of factors that contribute to ESL at individual/family level
Many factors at individual and family level have been found to increase the risk of ESL. Most prominent factor is low socio-economic status. However, ESLs are a heterogeneous category that contains a variety of subgroups (no single ‘profile’ exists) with very different needs and trajectories which should be taken into account.
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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.
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Students’ social behavior : predictor of students’ academic achievement and ESL
Early school leavers demonstrate poor social adjustment (poor social skills, being disruptive or isolated). Disruptive behavior has negative effect on academic achievement. Link between academic achievement and isolated behavior is not as clear. Supporting students’ social adjustment is warranted from the beginning of school.
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Team cooperation to tackle ESL – lessons learnt from healthcare, social work and education
Mots clés : décrochage scolaire
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Team cooperation in addressing ESL – lessons learnt from health and social care and education
The many lessons from health, social and education settings for multi-professional teams dealing with ESL have been well researched (e.g. team training, sufficient time, funding and resources). Moreover, specifically for ESL teams, discussing how they approach ESL prevention, their understanding of ESL as well as creating an educational alliance are important. However, putting the recommendations into practice remains a challenge.
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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.
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The importance of teachers’ relational competence in educational processes
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The ESL situation in France
The ESL rate in France has been below the Europe 2020 target of 10% since 2013, yet regional and subgroup differences remain. Since November 2014 France has had a comprehensive strategy to tackle ESL that provides for the establishment of multi-professional ESL-prevention groups in all secondary schools. The involvement of teachers in these groups is underway.
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ESL situation in Luxembourg
Since 2000, rates of ESL in Luxembourg have stayed below the European and national target of 10%, with some fluctuations seen in recent years. However, ESL among students with a migrant background remains a challenge. Education and career guidance is very well developed and is clearly regarded as tackling ESL. Multi-professional teams in and