Failing Boys, Successful Girls? Dropout and Gender

Failingboys,successfulgirls?

Dropoutandgender

2YOUNG2FAIL

NatáliaAlvesnalves@ie.ul.pt

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