failing boys, successful girls? dropout and gender
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Overviewconceptualframeworks
• Individualperspec=ve• Socialperspec=ve• Ins=tu=onalperspec=ve• Poli=calperspec=ve
IndividualPerspec=ve
• Individuala@ributes(values,aBtudes,behaviourstowardsschoolingandlearning)
Studentengagementtheories
IndividualPerspec=ve
• Dimensionsofengagement– Academicengagement(engagementinlearning)– Socialengagement(engagementinsocialdimensionsofschool)
Dropoutisafinalstageofacumula=veand dynamicprocessofdisengagementfromschool
SocialPerspec=ve
• Socialclass,culturalcapitalandhabitus– Socioeconomicbackground– Values,aBtudes,behaviours– Educa=onalandoccupa=onalaspira=ons
Reproduc=ontheories
SocialPerspec=ve
• Parentaleduca=onalprac=ces
– Monitoringandregula=ngstudents’educa=onalac=vi=esandwork
– Providingemo=onalsupport– Encouragingindependentdecisionmaking– Establishingrela=nshipswithschool– …..
SocialPerspec=ve
Dropoutistheresultofaprocessbywhichschoolconvertssocialinequali=esintoeduca=onalinequali=es
Ins=tu=onalperspec=ves
• Schoolfactors– Studentssocialcomposi=on– Ressources– Size– Processandprac=ces
Ins=tu=onalperspec=ves
• Schoolfactors– Pedagogicalleadership– SchoolCulture– Pedagogicalprac=cesandsupport– DisciplinaryrulesandaBtudestowardsproblema=cstudents
Efficientschoolsapproaches
Poli=calPerspec=ve• Curricula• Teachereduca=onandtraining• Policies,inni=a=ves,programms
– Preven=on(posi=vediscrimina=onmeasures,qualityimprovement,extracurricularac=vi=es,curriculumdifferen=a=on,socialheterogenity….
– Interven=on(individualsupport,languagesupporttononna=vestudents,earlyiden=fica=onofstudentsatrisk,school–communityinvolvement….)
– Compensa=on–secondchanceVETcourses
Dropoutandgender:resultsfromaresearch
• Schoolfailureisamoreseriousproblemthandropout
Dropoutandgender:differentvoices,differentoppinions
• Teachers:economicproblems,familiesaBtudesandvalues,studentslackofmo=va=on
• Students:economicproblems,teenpregnancy,lackofmo=va=on,curriculaandpedagogicalstrategies
Dropoutandgender:differentvoices,differentopinions
• Teachers:Therearenogenderdifferenciesbutdifferentwaysofbeingstudent
• Students:Therearegenderdifferencies,differentwaysofbeingstudentandteachersaBtudesandbehaviours
Dropoutandgender:differentvoices,communopinionsGenderstereotypes
Boys Girls
Don’tlikestudy Studymore
Morelazy Moreconcerned
Moreeaslyinfluenced Morera=onal
Missschoolmore Moreautoregulated
Lessmo=vatedtoschoolwork
Moredilligent
Constestteachersauthority(teachers)
Moreresponsible
Learnfaster(teachers) Morepassive(teachers)
Dropoutandgender:finalremarkes
• Studentsaremoreawareofgenderdifferencesinschoolfailureanddropoutthanteachers