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Lifelong Learning Project - School Inclusion - Preventing Early School Leaving

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TITLE OF THE PUBLICATION:

Early School Leavers: Understanding the Lived Reality of Student Disengagement from Secondary School

SURNAME AND NAME OF AUTHOR(S):

Ontario Ministry of Education and Training, Special Education Branch

TYPE OF PUBLICATION:

Report

LANGUAGE/S OF PUBLICATION:

English

DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS:

The report addresses the following four questions:
1) Why do young people leave secondary school before graduation?
2) Which factors help to ensure that they stay in school or return to complete their
diploma?
3) Do these risk and protective factors vary in nature and/or relative importance across
different populations of young people?
4) What are the implications of the research for policy and practice?
The report’s authors conducted an international literature review on socio-demographic factors associated with early school leaving and prevention and intervention strategies and initiatives for preventing early school leaving.

The report’s authors also made consultations with youth, parents, school personnel, academics, and policy makers regarding the issues surrounding early school leaving.
They also examined the issue of student disengagement from school from the perspective of key
stakeholders (school teachers, guidance counsellors, principals, parents/guardians) via focus
group interviews.

The report also clearly describes the methodology used to investigate in the above issues.

COMMENTS ON THIS PUBLICATION:

The Report is very well structured and the results described are very interesting even if they are particularly focused on Canadian environment which is quite different from the European one.

NAME OF COMPILER:

Carlo Bianchi

NAME OF INSTITUTION:

Liceo Scientifico Giuseppe Verdi, Milano (IT)

ROLE:

Teacher



Zone d'identification

4 mars 2013

Lancement du Module 5 “Soutien externe et coopération”

Au cours du mois de mars 2013, les partenaires forment les enseignants impliqués dans le projet au Module 5 "Soutien externe et coopération". Le module examine les ressources et soutiens externes pour les enseignants et élèves pour les aider à prévenir le décrochage scolaire.

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