Download or read book School Dropout and Completion written by Stephen Lamb and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-11-29 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School dropout remains a persistent and critical issue in many school systems, so much so that it is sometimes referred to as a crisis. Populations across the globe have come to depend on success at school for establishing careers and gaining access to post-school qualifications. Yet large numbers of young people are excluded from the advantages that successful completion of school brings and as a result are subjected to consequences such as higher likelihood of unemployment, lower earnings, greater dependence on welfare and poorer physical health and well-being. Over recent decades, most western nations have stepped up their efforts to reduce drop out and raise school completion rates while maintaining high standards. How school systems have approached this, and how successful they are, varies. This book compares the various approaches by evaluating their impact on rates of dropout and completion. Case studies of national systems are used to highlight the different approaches including institutional arrangements and the various alternative secondary school programs and their outcomes. The evaluation is based on several key questions: What are the main approaches? How do they work? For whom do they work? And, how successful are they in promoting high rates of completion and equivalent outcomes for all? This book examines the nature of the dropout problem in advanced industrialized countries with the goal of developing a broader, international understanding that can feed into public policy to help improve completion rates worldwide.
Download or read book Negotiating the Livelihoods of Children and Youth in Africa s Urban Spaces written by Michael Bourdillon and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2012-09-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with problems facing children and youth in African cities today. African populations have high growth rates and, consequently, relatively high proportions of young people. Population growth in rural areas has stretched resources leading to urban migration and a rapid growth of cities. Economies have not grown apace with the population; and in some countries, economies have even shrunk. The result is a severe lack of resources in cities to meet the needs of the growing populations, shown in high unemployment, inadequate housing, poor services, and often extreme poverty. All the essays in this book draw attention to such urban environments, in which children and youth have to live and survive. The title of this book speaks of negotiating livelihoods. The concept of ‘livelihood’ has been adopted to incorporate the social and physical environment together with people’s responses to it. It considers not only material, but also human and social resources, including local knowledge and understanding. It, thus, considers the material means for living in a broader context of social and cultural interpretation. It, therefore, does not deal only with material and economic existence, but also with leisure activities, entertainments and other social forms of life developed by young people in response to the dictates of the environment. The book contains country-specific case studies of the problems faced by youths in many African cities, how they develop means to solve them, and the various creative ways through which they improve their status, both economically and socially, in the different urban spaces. It recognizes the potentials of young people in taking control of their lives within the constraints imposed upon them by the society. This book is a valuable contribution to the field of child and youth development, and a useful tool for parents, teachers, academics, researchers as well as government and non-government development agencies.
Download or read book Preparing Youth for the 21st Century The Transition from Education to the Labour Market Proceedings of the Washington D C Conference 23 24 February 1999 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 1999-09-02 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication points the way to future initiatives to improve youth labour market and educational outcomes as identified by policy-makers and experts of OECD countries brought together at the Washington Conference "Preparing Youth for the 21st Century."
Download or read book Youth Unemployment and Vocational Training written by R. Fox and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CEDEFOP pub. Research report on higher education student allowance, vocational training programmes, training allowance and youth employment schemes for school leavers in the process of transition from school to work in Ireland - examines grants and special schemes under full-time education and training as well as legal aspects of various training courses and apprenticeships, and discusses employment opportunities, integration programmes, unemployment, social protection status, etc. In respect of young people.
Download or read book Annual Report written by European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Youth Unemployment and Vocational Training written by Volker Köditz and published by Luxembourg : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. This book was released on 1981 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CEDEFOP pub. Report on income, social status and occupational status of school leavers in EC countries during the transition from school to work - examines employment policies to stimulate labour force participation and alleviate unemployment of youth, subsidies for students, higher education and apprenticeship schemes, minimum wage and guaranteed working conditions, etc., and includes a glossary of terms. Bibliography pp. 191 to 197.
Download or read book Jobs for Youth Des emplois pour les jeunes France 2009 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2009-07-30 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a survey of the main barriers to employment for young people in France, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school-to-work, and a set of policy recommendations.
Download or read book Entry into working life written by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Psychological Educational and Sociological Perspectives on Success and Well Being in Career Development written by Anita C. Keller and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection covers how success and well-being relate to each other in early career development in the domains of employment and education. It gives a conceptual overview of success and well-being as established in the psychological research tradition, complemented by educational and sociological approaches. The volume presents articles on success and well-being in applied contexts, such as well-being as an individual resource during school-to-work transition, or well-being and success at the workplace. Work psychologists, social psychologists, educational researchers, and sociologists will find this book valuable, as it provides unique insights into social and psychological processes afforded by the combination of disciplines, concepts, and a diversity of approaches.
Download or read book The social security and the economic crisis II Proceedings of the European Institute for Social Security La s curit sociale et la crise conomique II Travaux de l Institut Europ en de S curit Sociale written by European Institute for Social Security Institut Européen de and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conference of the European Institute for social security, on the social security and the economic crisis, prepared by its Colloque, held in Tole do in 1981, was held from the 30th of September untill the 2nd of October in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands. The Yearbook 1982 contains the reports presented at the Conference in Zoetermeer, which was opened by the Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, L. de Graaf. The Conference had before it ten national reports and seven synthesis reports (Paul 0 'Higgins, Benefits in general; Jan Pierik, Financing; Winfried Schmahl, Pensions; Yves Saint Jours, Health; Pasquale Sandulli, Unemployment; Martin Partington, Minimum income and family allowances; Jef van Langendonck, Social Security and Economic Insecurity). Most unfortunately Paul O'Higgins did not deliver the written text of his report and we regret that for that reason, we cannot include his report in this yearbook. The Conference, which got the hospitality of the Dutch Social Security Council in Zoetermeer, was very well organised and financed by the Dutch social security institutions and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. The Institute wants to express its sincere gratitude to Mr. J. Oosterhuis and his collegues and to the ladies of the secretariat Annemie Dancot, Jose Goes, Joke Torenburg and Lisette Veldkamp.
Download or read book Jobs for Youth Des emplois pour les jeunes Netherlands 2008 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2008-01-23 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of a series of 16 reports on the school-to-work transition process, this report contains a survey of the main barriers to employment for young people, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school-to-work, and policy recommendations.
Download or read book Pathways and Participation in Vocational and Technical Education and Training written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 1998-01-29 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The OECD countries have widely differing traditions regarding basic vocational training. This report describes the internal logic and workings of some of these different systems.
Download or read book Faits Nouveaux written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jobs for Youth Des emplois pour les jeunes Slovak Republic 2007 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2007-06-26 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report surveys the main barriers to employment for young people in the Slovak Republic, assesses the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school to work, and makes a series of recommendations for further action.
Download or read book Collection Studies written by Commission of the European Communities and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Parlons Affaires written by Annie Rouxeville and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1993-05-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students of all ages who already have an advanced knowledge of French but who have little specialized knowledge of economics or business will greatly benefit from this unusual book. Each of the fourteen chapters supplies an introduction in French to a specific area of business and enables the reader to understand newspaper articles and various other documents from the world of business. Relevant vocabulary and a variety of activities (often oral) are provided to reinforce the practical nature of the material. These activities range from comprehension and translation to role-play and debate. The selected business texts that close each chapter help students to apply the knowlege aquired and heighten their awareness of business, both national and international.
