Bibliography

• 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

• Interplay of factors that contribute to ESL at the system level

  Aspects of the education system that concern the risk of ESL include the socio-economic segregation of schools, early tracking and grade retention. In that regard, protective aspects are high quality and accessible ECEC and VET. Well-managed transitions between educational levels that reflect a student’s changing needs in order to ensure the provision of a developmentally appropriate and engaging context are called for.

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23 July 2015, by Maša Vidmar