Session Information
ERG SES C 15, Assessment
Parallel Paper Session
Contribution
Objectives
Current debate on education in Europe and especially in Austria has been triggered by the results of PISA 2000,which showed that there are substantial problems concerning the education of students. As a reaction to the PISA 2000 results, debate on the Austrian school structure once again blamed the bad results in the PISA-Assessment on the early selection processes following 4th grade and this has resulted in a trial to introduce a new form of comprehensive school.
The research project focuses on issues which can help children complete their school careers and support them in their learning processes. In addition to how children perceive instruction, issues of the project include the school environment in terms of class climate, cooperation among the children and the support they receive from teachers, as well as contextual aspects like the region in which a school is located, cooperation with the community within which the school lies, private tutoring, private sports institutions, the major local boards and individual extra-curricular resources.
Theoretical framework
The project is inspired by the capability approach following Sen (2009). The capability approach is a normative frame to evaluate social arrangements and individual welfare (Robeyns, 2006). Empirically, the challenge is to build a whole bundle of indicators (Alkire, 2005; Poppe, 2002). It makes a difference in which kind of milieu one grows up, which kind of social and cultural capital is provided, and if there are special needs or how educational institutions deal with needs and talents. Whereas in other theories these measures are taken in isolation, the capability approach includes them all at the same time (Sen, 1985). In most research, the general academic school (Ditton, 2010; Dollmann, 2010; Solga & Wagner, 2001;) is the goal and those who cannot attend such a school are marginalized. The current approach asks – what do children really want to achieve?
Research questions
Which bundle of factors leading to successful school careers — where success is not measured in terms of standardized achievement scores but in terms of individually satisfying aims — can be identified at the transition from primary school to secondary school?
Method
Expected Outcomes
References
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