Perspectives of Portuguese municipal education officers on school disengagement

Authors

  • Isabel Costa CIIE – Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Educativas, Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade do Porto (Porto/Portugal) and CETRAD – Centro de Estudos Transdisciplinares para o Desenvolvimento, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) (Vila Real/Portugal)
  • Armando Loureiro CIIE – Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Educativas, Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade do Porto (Porto/Portugal) and Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) (Vila Real/Portugal)
  • Sofia Marques da Silva CIIE – Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Educativas, Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade do Porto (Porto/Portugal)
  • Helena Costa Araújo CIIE – Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Educativas da Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto, Porto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34626/esc.vi40.308

Keywords:

school achievement, underachievement and dropout, school disengagement, local authorities, municipalities, decentralisation

Abstract

This paper is part of a research project that aims to understand the perspectives of different
actors about school disengagement, in different municipalities, in the context of the decentralization
of education in Portugal. This paper examines, particularly, how municipal education
officers see the prevalence of school underachievement and dropout; and its ascribed specific factors.
The findings suggest that dropout is not a major concern for municipal education officers,
since it is considered camouflaged or just residual. School underachievement is understood as not
high or as clearly decreasing. It is identified as a problem demanding for solutions. Regarding the
factors related to school disengagement, family/social contexts are the most stressed, followed by
systemic educational factors. The results also suggest that municipal education officers are more
liable to focus positively on school achievement and on what municipalities can do.

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Published

2013-12-01

How to Cite

Costa, I. ., Loureiro, A., Silva, S. M. da, & Araújo, H. C. (2013). Perspectives of Portuguese municipal education officers on school disengagement. Educação, Sociedade & Culturas, (40), 165–185. https://doi.org/10.34626/esc.vi40.308

Issue

No. 40 (2013): Contemporaneity on arts education

Section

OTHER ARTICLES

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