Learning to Fail

Autor/in	Abrams, Fran
Titel	Learning to Fail
Quelle	In: Adults Learning, 21 (2009) 3, S.12-14 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0955-2308
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Young Adults; Educational Change; Underachievement; Educational Opportunities; Youth Opportunities; Family Influence; Barriers; Public Policy; Change Strategies; Outreach Programs; Foreign Countries; School Role; Academic Failure; Youth Problems; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Bildungsreform; Performance deficiency; Leistungsschwäche; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Öffentliche Ordnung; Lösungsstrategie; Jobcoaching; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	The first decade of the current Labour Government had been characterised by a whole raft of education reforms aimed at driving up standards--a focus on early literacy and numeracy, standards funds to push up exam results, the much greater use of technology to track individual pupils' progress and to ensure a growing number achieved the benchmark leaving standard of five good GCSEs. Yet despite all that, and despite 10 years of economic prosperity, the numbers who became "NEET," or not in education, employment or training, remained stubbornly high. In 2007 the proportion of young people disengaged in the autumn after they reached the school leaving age was around 10 per cent, and had been for years. The reasons for this had very little to do with standards in schools--indeed, research from the London School of Economics had estimated that just one seventh of the causes of educational failure could be placed at the door of the secondary education system. The real causes of underachievement and disengagement, the author felt, went much deeper. Young people from working-class backgrounds are being let down at every stage of their lives, but mentoring--good support and guidance from an adult who doesn't judge them--the author argues, can be the key to turning things around for them. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Institute of Adult Continuing Education. Renaissance House, 20 Princess Road West, Leicester, LE1 6TP, UK. Tel: +44-1162-044200; Fax: +44-1162-044262; e-mail: enquiries@niace.org.uk; Web site: http://www.niace.org.uk/publications/adults-learning
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10