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David De Coninck; Noel Clycq; Lore Van Praag – British Educational Research Journal, 2024
Understanding early school leaving (ESL) remains a key issue on political and academic agendas. Most research focuses on the experiences of young people who intend to leave or have left school early without a qualification from secondary education. In addition, most studies focus on regular secondary schools. We aim to add to this literature by…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Secondary School Teachers, Adult Educators, Academic Persistence
Marloes Hagenaars; Naïma Lafrarchi; Wendelien Vantieghem; Peter A. J. Stevens – British Educational Research Journal, 2024
While most research has focussed on the experiences and consequences of ethnic discrimination for students, little is known about how teachers respond to ethnic discrimination. Teachers' responses are important as they may affect the outcomes of ethnic discrimination for students. Additionally, many studies have shown that teachers find it…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Ethnic Groups, Social Discrimination
Van Canegem, Timo; Van Houtte, Mieke; Demanet, Jannick – British Educational Research Journal, 2021
Previous studies on the impact of grade retention on academic self-concept suffer from inconclusive findings. There is no consensus if retention yields long-term benefits that could offset its opportunity costs and, if so, under what conditions. Therefore, this article examines whether grade retention decreases academic self-concept and whether…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, Self Concept, Academic Achievement, Correlation
Strømme, Thea Bertnes; Helland, Håvard – British Educational Research Journal, 2020
Parents' involvement in schooling and education is highly important for children's results. Still, both levels of involvement and their effects vary according to social class. Previous research on educational reproduction within the family has, however, largely studied differences between the middle and the working class, and generally ignored…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Social Class, Cultural Capital, Foreign Countries
Boone, Simon; Demanet, Jannick – British Educational Research Journal, 2020
The transition from primary to secondary education is regarded as a crucial phase in pupils' school careers. Changes in the school environment have a negative influence on pupils' perceived control and engagement. However, until now little attention has been devoted to the role of the onset of ability grouping therein, which often coincides with…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Track System (Education)
Mazrekaj, Deni; De Witte, Kristof – British Educational Research Journal, 2020
Modular education refers to the division of conventional courses into smaller components or modules. Each module enables students to obtain a partial certificate that can be combined into a qualification. This article evaluates whether modular education, which is widely used in secondary and tertiary education, has been effective in reducing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Units of Study, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate
Bodvin, Kathleen; Verschueren, Karine; Struyf, Elke – British Educational Research Journal, 2018
The literature shows that a good collaboration between the school and parents of students with special educational needs (SEN) is not always present. However, school counsellors must collaborate with SEN students' parents to organise guidance trajectories for their child. This article examines school counsellors' experiences when collaborating…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Counselor Attitudes, Parent School Relationship, Parent Participation
Boone, Simon; Thys, Sarah; Van Avermaet, Piet; Van Houtte, Mieke – British Educational Research Journal, 2018
Teacher recommendations are an important factor in the process of track placement, but research has shown that they are biased by pupils' social background. Pupils from higher socio-economic backgrounds are more likely to get the advice to enrol in an academic track than pupils from lower socio-economic backgrounds, irrespective of prior…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Placement, Student Characteristics, Teacher Influence
Van Praag, Lore; Van Caudenberg, Rut; Orozco, Mariana – British Educational Research Journal, 2018
In many educational systems, age is used as a criterion to organise education. Children's age is used to group students together and indicate entry into particular programmes. The use of age for organisational purposes in education stems from the idea that age provides an indication of the development of children, which is associated with teaching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Age, Maturity (Individuals), Age Differences