[en] Positive educational discrimination measures arose as a way to overcome the effects produced by the meritocratic principle of equal access opportunities, but not of equal success opportunities. Education and Training Courses launched in 2002 school year in Portugal are an example of this kind of educational policy measures. They aim at fighting school failure and dropout, allowing insertion into active life. Based on an online survey answered by 356 youngsters attending these courses an analysis of their social and educational attributes, the changes in their schooling process and in the relation they establish with knowledge was achieved.
Disciplines :
Education & instruction
Author, co-author :
Alves, Natalia; University of Lisbon > Institute of Education
Guimarães, Paula; University of Lisbon > Institute of Education
MARQUES, Marcelo ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Education, Culture, Cognition and Society (ECCS)
Almeida, António; Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal > Escola Superior de Ciências Empresariais
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Education and Training Courses in Portugal: another kind of schooling?
Publication date :
2014
Event name :
International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conferences on Social Sciences and Arts
