Educational differentiation policies and the performance of disadvantaged students across OECD countries

Castejón, Alba; Zancajo, Adrián

doi:10.1177/1474904115592489

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“…Though these policies have similar functions, the empirical evidence suggests that they are not equally effective. There are large differences in equality of opportunity across countries (Schütz, Ursprung, and Woessmann 2008) and also across the types identified by Mons (Dupriez, Dumay, and Vause 2008;Castejón and Zancajo 2015).…”

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Educational policies and the gender gap in test scores: a cross-country analysis

Hermann

Kopasz

2019

Research Papers in Education

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Girls tend to outperform boys in reading tests, while they usually lag behind boys in mathematics. However, the size of the gender gap varies to a great extent between countries. While the existing figliterature explains these differences as being mainly due to cultural factors, this paper explores whether this cross-country variation is related to educational policies like tracking, grade retention, and individualised teaching practices. The gender test score gap is analysed in mathematics, reading and science using the PISA 2012 dataset. Multilevel models are used in the estimation. The results suggest that the extent of the gender gap is indeed associated with certain characteristics of the various education systems. First, applying a difference-in-differences estimation method, it was found that early tracking has a direct effect on the gender gap in test scores, in favour of girls. Second, suggestive evidence shows that more student-oriented teaching practices also benefit girls relative to boys, both between and within countries, and within schools. Finally, grade retention is correlated with the gender gap, though there is further evidence suggesting that this correlation is very unlikely to represent a causal effect. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Educational policies and the gender gap in test scores: a cross-country analysis

Hermann

Kopasz

2019

Research Papers in Education

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“…Academic resilience can be defined as the attainment of academic achievement despite adversity (Morales, 2008). Risk is often used synonymously with adversity, which has been defined as an unpleasantly bearable difficulty (Castejón & Zancajo, 2015). One of the critiques of resilience theory is that it ascribes value to individuals overcoming adversity as opposed to minimising or eradicating adversity (Van Breda, 2018).…”

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“I would help the lecturer with marking”: Entrepreneurial Education Insights on Academic Resilience from the Perspectives of Engineering Students in South Africa

Mapaling

Webb

Plooy

2022

Transforming Entrepreneurship Education

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AbstractsSeveral factors contribute to the alarmingly high youth unemployment rate in South Africa. Barriers such as lack of access to education and practical work experience reflect these statistics and the socio-economic implications of graduate unemployment. This qualitative case study investigated the perceptions of engineering students' academic resilience in the context of higher education by using a youth development approach. Semi-structured interviews were conducted online via Zoom with a sample consisting of 10 participants (aged 22–28 years), namely four Civil engineering students, four Electrical engineering students, and two Industrial engineering students. Six students were South African, whilst the remaining four were international students. Seven participants self-identified as male and three as female. Findings are discussed in terms of the three themes which emerged from the thematic analysis: (a) personal character strengths; (b) access to guidance, resources, and information and (c) a sense of belonging and social connection. This study focused on engineering education and developed a new interdisciplinary understanding of how entrepreneurship education may contribute to engineering students' academic resilience as a packaged support system that speaks to their psychosocial, educational and economic needs.

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“…Although Canada is ranked quite favourably among Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries in terms of delivering an equitable education system, there are educational gaps between higher and lower SES students (Castejón & Zancajo, 2015;Chmielewski & Reardon, 2016). Students from higher SES backgrounds benefit more from the support networks available to them and from greater access to information and services (Anisef et al, 2010).…”

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Education in the Post-Pandemic Era: Indigenous Children and Youth

Cherubini

2020

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The COVID-19 pandemic crisis resulted in more than 100 countries legislating school closures in March 2020. In response, provincial ministries and their respective publicly funded school boards have implemented online learning platforms to avoid disruptions to student learning. For students already ostracized in public education, on-line learning may serve to further embed them in the proverbial margins. This editorial speaks to the urgency for educators at all levels to prepare for the potentially devastating outcomes on Indigenous student learning and progress in post-pandemic public schools and classrooms. The preparation for these realities has to be both immediate and retrospective given the complexities of these unique circumstances that have created interwoven layers of marginalization for Indigenous students.

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Educational differentiation policies and the performance of disadvantaged students across OECD countries

Cited by 8 publications

References 36 publications

Educational policies and the gender gap in test scores: a cross-country analysis

Educational policies and the gender gap in test scores: a cross-country analysis

“I would help the lecturer with marking”: Entrepreneurial Education Insights on Academic Resilience from the Perspectives of Engineering Students in South Africa

Education in the Post-Pandemic Era: Indigenous Children and Youth

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