Vocational students' intention to drop out in Flanders

For decades, western education confronts the problem of student unqualified dropout, which is most prevalent in vocational education. Relatively little research focuses on the role teachers might play in students' decision to quit school. By means of multilevel analyses on data of 2589 vocational st...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Van Houtte, Mieke; Demanet, Jannick
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Lenguaje:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:201671
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/201671
Nivel de acceso:Acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Vocational education
Dropout intention
Teacher expectations
Descripción
Sumario:For decades, western education confronts the problem of student unqualified dropout, which is most prevalent in vocational education. Relatively little research focuses on the role teachers might play in students' decision to quit school. By means of multilevel analyses on data of 2589 vocational students in 48 Flemish secondary schools, this study examines whether teachers' shared expectations of their students associate with vocational students' (intention to) dropout. In vocational education, teachers' beliefs about the teachability of students influence students' intention to quit, irrespective of students' perceived teacher support and students' sense of futility.