Transitions and re-engagement through second chance education
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...Such schools are an important feature of the educational landscape in many countries (see e.g. Ross and Gray 2005)....
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...Research consistently supports the link between non-completion and low SES (Lamb et al. 2004; Ross and Gray 2005; Savelsberg and Martin-Giles 2008; White and Wyn 2008)....
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...Apparently ignoring national and international research (see, e.g. Lamb et al. 2004; Ross and Gray 2005; Ball 2006; Savelsberg and Martin-Giles 2008; Apple 2010; Hemphill et al. 2010), the conservative federal Education Minister, Christopher Pyne, has argued that increasing funding and resources…...
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...Ross and Gray (2005), for example, refer to second chance education as a fluid state, a journey which starts and ends and starts again....
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...…involvement) is also shown to be a significant determinant in reducing the odds of dropping out of school (Astone & McLanahan 1991, Carbonaro 1998, Coleman 1988, Ekstrom, Goertz, Pollack & Rock 1986, Goldschmidt & Wang 1999, McNeal 1999, Rumberger 1983, Rumberger 1995, Rumberger & Larson 1998,…...
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...Bourdieu (1986) in his definition of social capital refers to the actual or potential resources, which are linked to the possession of a durable network of relationships or to membership in a group....
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