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]
2014
SGEM2014 Conference Proceedings
Yes
978-619-7105-23-0
International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conferences on Social Sciences and Arts
02-09-2014 to 09-09-2014
[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.