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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.

  Keywords : cross-sectorial cooperation  EU  policy  system level 
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11 February 2015, by Urška Štremfel

• 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