Beyond academics: Dropout prevention summer school programs in the transition to secondary education

Jennifer Vinas-Forcade, C. Mels, Martin Valcke, Ilse Derluyn

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Educational transitions, for example from primary to secondary school, have been associated with school drop-outs, particularly for students from lower socio-economic backgrounds. As a response, some educational systems have implemented summer programs, although with mixed results. Yet, these evaluations mostly assess programs' quantitative impact on academic outcomes. This article therefore aims at an in-depth exploration of the benefits and challenges of a Uruguayan summer school program for preventing dropout in the transition to secondary school. Results underpin summer peer interactions, teacher-student relations and extra-curricular activities shape positive pre-entry expectations of at-risk students, which secondary schools cannot always fulfill.

Idioma originalInglés
Número de artículo102087
PublicaciónInternational Journal of Educational Development
Volumen70
DOI
EstadoPublicada - oct. 2019
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