Social and cultural capital in some neighbourhoods is low and therefore the incentives for education are weak. Stimulation of social and cultural capital through community learning (such as local actions and intergenerational learning) and support can show positive effects in preventing ESL.
Smink, J.
Bibliographie
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How does community learning work and how does it help reducing ESL ?
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Developing healthy social and cultural capital and effects on education
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Support for autonomy, efficacy and relatedness using school – community collaboration as a systematic ESL prevention tool
The paper analyzes the role of local community in ESL – with special focus on school-community collaboration and Self-Determination Theory. Our underlying assumption that is tested in the paper is that positive and ongoing school-community collaboration fosters students’ autonomy, competence and relatedness which consequently prevent ESL.
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Andragogical knowledge and skills for teachers of youth to be working in the second-chance programmes for ESL
Originating from the reasons ESLrs gave to leave school, teachers could use some andragogical methods and principles (participation in planning, individual learning schemes, unconventional methods and places of learning, etc.) to be attracted to and successful in second-chance educational programmes for ESLrs.
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Learning difficulties and ESL
Student with learning difficulties are often characterized as a risk group of early school leaving. Several students implied that they do not feel engaged and connected to the school since the traditional programs and teachers fail to meet their needs. Special programmes of teacher professional development and didactic approaches should be therefore developed and employed in order to prevent early school leaving of this group of students.
Mots clés : décrochage scolaire