Risk Factors for Early School Leaving in Bulgaria
Risk Factors for Early School Leaving in Bulgaria
Author(s): Petar Valkov, Elena LavrentsovaSubject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Sociology, Preschool education, School education, Vocational Education, Adult Education, Higher Education , State/Government and Education, Social development, Social differentiation, Substance abuse and addiction, Family and social welfare, Social Informatics, Economic development, Environmental interactions, Social Norms / Social Control
Published by: Национално издателство за образование и наука „Аз-буки“
Keywords: education; early school leaving; inclusion
Summary/Abstract: In the paper attention is drawn to the phenomenon of early school leaving, which is regarded through the prism of the stratification mechanisms in the field of secondary school education in Bulgaria. A special emphasis is placed on educational segregation, related to a widening of the gap between different types of Bulgarian schools. The authors present the data of an empirical study on the opinions of secondary school students in Bulgaria about the early school leaving phenomenon, attempting to highlight a number of risk determinants that trigger school failure as a consequence of certain life and educational trajectories. It is emphasized that both a profound understanding of the risk factors, associated with early school leaving, and potential remedies should be considered in the context of a much broader socio-structural framework and a horizon of sociocultural meanings, including those, related to ethnicity. The paper concludes with a description of some main tools for prevention within the socio-existential perspective.
Journal: Педагогика
- Issue Year: 91/2019
- Issue No: 7
- Page Range: 946-962
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
