Bibliography

• 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 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

• Mental health as a risk factor for ESL: diagnostics, prevention, intervention

  Mental health problems (e.g. anxiety, depression) are some of the risk factors for ESL and, by focusing on mental health prevention and intervention programmes in the school environment, we can reduce the many negative consequences poor mental health has on both the individual and community levels.

  Keywords : anxiety  psychological factors  school climate 
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23 July 2015, by Ana Kozina

• Support for autonomy, competence and relatedness using school – community collaboration as a systematic ESL prevention tool

  The local community (school–community collaboration) can play an important role in preventing ESL by supporting a student’s basic psychological needs: autonomy, competence and relatedness. Autonomy, competence and relatedness are the building stones of intrinsic motivation that is crucial for students to stay in school.

  Keywords : cross-sectorial cooperation  local community  relatedness  school-community 
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23 July 2015, by Ana Kozina

• Non-formal motivational focuses for potential early school leavers

  It is possible to foster the learning motivation of potential ESLrs already in mainstream education by applying non-formal and informal educational principles to teaching and learning processes. The teacher has two main pathways for enhancing the motivation of at-risk students: by recognising their informally gained knowledge and by organising non-formal learning environments and learning experiences.

  Keywords : informal education  motivation 
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23 July 2015, by Klaudija Šterman Ivančič