The right to learn : : Educational strategies for socially excluded youth in Europe / / ed. by Ides Nicaise.

Evidence has shown that individuals leaving school without qualifications are four times more likely to be unemployed than those with qualifications. Preventing and combating unemployment therefore requires active measures both in the labour market and in the institutions responsible for preparing t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2000]
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Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (432 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • List of tables and figures
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • A status quaestionis
  • The educational situation of disadvantaged children
  • Strategies to reduce educational inequality: a general framework
  • Equal opportunity strategies
  • Learning duties and learning rights
  • Financial and material assistance for low-income pupils
  • Integrated services for disadvantaged young people
  • Early childhood education
  • Equal treatment strategies
  • Curricular reforms
  • Social expectations, poverty and pedagogical innovations
  • Teacher training
  • Parent-school-community relationships
  • Provision, integration and inclusion for children with special educational needs
  • Equal outcomes strategies
  • Educational priority policies
  • Learning support
  • Alternative curricula, transition systems and second-chance provisions
  • Conclusions and recommendations
  • Bibliography
  • Appendix: Background information about poverty and education in the six countries covered by this study
  • Index