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Die Qualifikationsstruktur der österreichischen Bevölkerung im Wandel : Analyse und Computersimulation des Schulsystems und der Qualifikationsstruktur der Bevölkerung 1971 - 2025.
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ISBN: 9783700140085 3700140088 Year: 2008 Volume: 773 Publisher: Wien Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften


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Statistiques sur le niveau d'instruction et l'analphabetisme 1945-1974
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ISBN: 9230015067 Year: 1977 Publisher: Dordrecht ; Boston, MA : D. Reidel,

Unequal origins : immigrant selection and the education of the second generation
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ISBN: 159332278X 9781593322786 1593320876 9781593320874 Year: 2006 Publisher: New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC,

Aiming high : raising the attainment of pupils from culturally diverse backgrounds
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ISBN: 1446222764 9786611897970 1446214214 1281897973 1848607539 9781848607538 1412929385 9781412929387 1412929393 9781412929394 9781412929387 9781412929394 Year: 2007 Publisher: London : Paul Chapman,

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Helping you to ensure that every pupil fulfils their potential this book draws on the authors' research and practical experience to demonstrate what can be done to raise attainment especially in pupils from culturally diverse backgrounds.


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Governance of educational trajectories in Europe
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ISBN: 1350053384 1474287204 1472589548 9781472589538 147258953X 9781472589545 9781474287203 9781472589521 9781472589514 1472589521 9781472589521 1472589513 9781472589514 9781350053380 Year: 2016 Publisher: London New York

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"Drawing on findings from a large EU-funded research project that took place over three years, this book analyses educational trajectories of young people in eight European countries: Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia and the United Kingdom. Contributors explore interactions between structural and institutional contexts of educational trajectories, the individual meaning attached to education and the strategies adopted by young people to cope with its demands. The book also analyses the decision-making processes of individual students, placing them firmly within the social contexts of their families, local schools, national education systems and welfare states, as well as transnational policy contexts. In considering educational disadvantage, the book is based on primary, cross-national research with systematic analysis of the different themes addressed. As every chapter is co-authored by two or three researchers, each based in a different country, the book goes beyond the usual country-based chapter design to provide an enriched insight into both comparative theory and research methods"-- "Drawing on findings from a large EU-funded research project that took place over three years, this book analyses educational trajectories of young people in eight European countries: Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia and the United Kingdom. Contributors explore interactions between structural and institutional contexts of educational trajectories, the individual meaning attached to education and the strategies adopted by young people to cope with its demands. The book also analyses the decision-making processes of individual students, placing them firmly within the social contexts of their families, local schools, national education systems and welfare states, as well as transnational policy contexts. In considering educational disadvantage, the book is based on primary, cross-national research with systematic analysis of the different themes addressed. As every chapter is co-authored by two or three researchers, each based in a different country, the book goes beyond the usual country-based chapter design to provide an enriched insight into both comparative theory and research methods."--

From Education to Work : A Difficult Transition for Young Adults with Low Levels of Education
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ISBN: 1281745677 9786611745677 9264009191 9264009183 Year: 2005 Publisher: Paris : OECD Publishing,

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This book presents the results of the project on Young Adults with Low Levels of Education, conducted jointly by the OECD and the Canadian Policy Research Networks.  It examines the extent to which young men and women with low levels of education are marginalised, the role family background plays in making it possible to complete the recognised minimal level of education, and how immigrants overcome the cultural and language gaps to find employment.


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Determined to succeed? : performance versus choice in educational attainment
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ISBN: 0804784485 9780804784481 9780804783026 0804783020 Year: 2013 Publisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,

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In many countries, concern about socio-economic inequalities in educational attainment has focused on inequalities in test scores and grades. The presumption has been that the best way to reduce inequalities in educational outcomes is to reduce inequalities in performance. But is this presumption correct? Determined to Succeed? is the first book to offer a comprehensive cross-national examination of the roles of performance and choice in generating inequalities in educational attainment. It combines in-depth studies by country specialists with chapters discussing more general empirical, methodological, and theoretical aspects of educational inequality. The aim is to investigate to what extent inequalities in educational attainment can be attributed to differences in academic performance between socio-economic groups, and to what extent they can be attributed to differences in the choices made by students from these groups. The contributors focus predominantly on inequalities related to parental class and parental education.


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The attainment agenda : state policy leadership in higher education
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ISBN: 1421414074 9781421414072 9781421414065 1421414066 Year: 2014 Publisher: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press,

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"While the federal government seeks to promote educational attainment and equity through its extensive investment in student financial aid, states have primary responsibility for policies that affect the educational attainment of their populations. Despite the centrality of state policy, however, we know relatively little about the relationship between state policy and these outcomes. This book addresses this knowledge gap. Drawing on data collected from descriptive case studies of the relationship between public policy and higher education performance in five states (Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Texas, and Washington), this book offers a more complete conceptual framework for understanding how state public policy can promote educational attainment. The resulting framework has five central tenets that help us understanding how to improve overall educational attainment and increase equity in that attainment. At its core, the model assumes that higher education performance is determined by effective state policy leadership for higher education. The book also illustrates the need for state policies that reduce the cumulative negative implications of policies that perpetuate differences in educational outcomes across groups and that proactively address the barriers that limit educational attainment for underachieving groups. This book has important implications for public policymakers, college and university leaders, educational researchers and others who are interested in understanding how public policy can improve educational attainment and equity in attainment across groups"--


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Gender differences in aspirations and attainment : a life course perspective
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ISBN: 1316056104 1316053741 1139128930 1107021723 1107645190 Year: 2014 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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What is the role of parents, peers and teachers in shaping school experiences and informing the career choice of males and females? Does the school context matter, and to what extent do educational experiences influence young people's self-concept, values and their outlook to the future? Do teenage aspirations influence later outcomes regarding educational attainment and the assumption of work and family related roles? These questions and more are addressed in the chapters of this book, following lives over time and in context. The book is both innovative and timely, moving the discussion of gender inequalities forward, providing a dynamic and contextualized account of the way gendered lives evolve. Chapters address the role of institutional structures and the wider socio-historical context in helping young men and women to realize their ambitions. A unique feature is the longitudinal perspective, examining the role of multiple interlinked influences on individual life planning and attainment.

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