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An Institutional Analysis of Local Lifelong Learning Approaches to Early School Leaving in Italy and Spain

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: In this paper, we will analyze how a few initial vocational education and training (VET) schools have elaborated wide-ranging responses to early leaving from education and training in Liguria (Italy) and Catalonia (Spain). In contrast with many members of the EU and the OECD, the prevailing institutional arrangements in these two countries hardly support disadvantaged youths to catch up with basic academic performance and find an appealing pathway between compulsory and post-compulsory education. Despite this bias of official policies, we argue that some initial VET schools manage to navigate the interface between social structure and agency and accommodate the aspirations of disadvantaged students by involving local stakeholders and shaping school time organization in a particular way.

Source: Societies

DOI: 10.3390/soc13110230

Authors: Xavier Rambla, Maddalena Bartolini

Institutions: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth, Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica Sostenibile, National Research Council

Language: English

Topic: Education Systems and Policy

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,557