01-06-2016
31-05-2019
School failure and dropout have been a major concern in the European Union for decades, identified as the most visible manifestations of the problem of school disaffection, and seen as factors of social exclusion. For several years, Portugal was one of the countries where school failure and early school leaving were most prevalent; however, it is also one of the EU countries where, in recent years, this negative trend has been reversed. In fact, since the 1980s, various policies and programs have been developed with the aim of promoting educational success and reducing early school leaving.
Despite the recognition of an improving trend in several of the available indicators, school failure and dropout continue to be seen as serious problems in Portugal, which must continue to be reduced as a matter of urgency. It is in this context that the EDUPLACES project aims to contribute to understanding the complexity of the factors underpinning the reversal of the negative spiral of school failure and dropout, namely by studying cases of inclusive socio-educational practices.
This is a multi-case study of eleven observation units in four Portuguese municipalities, carried out in three phases/years by a team of fifteen researchers. Each observation unit consists of an inclusive socio-educational practice, developed in the context of two national programs aimed at social inclusion and overcoming school failure and dropout.
This project includes researchers from the University of Minho - CIEd (coordination), the University of Porto - CIIE, the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro - CETRAD and the University of Algarve - CIEO.
PCEP - Participation, Communities and Political Education
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ref. PTDC/MHC-CED/3775/2014
Community of practice
Socio-educational innovation
Atypical academic pathways
Inclusive socio-educational practices
Universidade do Minho (Coord.)
Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
Universidade do Algarve