Raising the Leaving Learning Age: Are the Public Convinced? A Survey of Parents and Teenagers. Research Report

Autor/inn/en	Villeneuve-Smith, Frank; Marshall, Liz; Munoz, Silvia
Titel	Raising the Leaving Learning Age: Are the Public Convinced? A Survey of Parents and Teenagers. Research Report
Quelle	(2007), (66 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-8457-2642-3
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Parent Attitudes; Adolescent Attitudes; Program Attitudes; Statistical Surveys; Political Attitudes; Compulsory Education; Comprehensive Programs; Cognitive Structures; Public Policy; Policy Analysis; Educational Policy; Position Papers; Research Reports; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Elternverhalten; Statistische Erhebung; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Schulpflicht; Gesamtunterricht; Cognitive structure; Kognitive Struktur; Öffentliche Ordnung; Politikfeldanalyse; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Positionspapier; Research report; Forschungsbericht; Großbritannien
Abstract	This research explores the attitudes of parents and teenagers towards the proposals in the "Raising expectations" Green Paper. It is based on a public opinion poll of 920 parents and 380 teenagers in the United Kingdom, which ran between 30 March and 10 April 2007. The results were analysed by Learning and Skills Network statisticians. It begins by considering whether parents and teenagers broadly support the proposal to make it compulsory for all young people to remain in some form of compulsory education or training until their 18th birthday. It goes on to look in more detail at whether they agree with the suggested benefits of the proposals and how participation in learning might be enforced. There is a broad base of support for the change among adults, with 71.2% of parents agreeing that the proposals are a good idea. Teenagers, by comparison, are less enthusiastic about the proposals with only 50.5% expressing support for the change. Further analysis of the results shows that although there is considerable support for raising the leaving learning age, the picture is more complex than this over-arching figure would suggest, with both positive messages and a series of challenges for policy-makers. The following are appended: (1) Sample Characteristics; (2) Survey Questions (3) Survey Results; (4) Mosaic[TM] Groups; and (5) Market Research Guidelines. (Contains 13 figures, 22 tables, and 26 footnotes.) [This report was produced by the Learning and Skills Network, London, United Kingdom.] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10