CHANGING PLACES, CHANGING TRACKS: INTER-SCHOOL MOBILITY AMONG CZECH SECONDARY STUDENTS

• Authors: Dvořák Dominik , Meyer Petr , Kučerová Silvie R. , Vyhnálek Jan , Šmíd Ondřej
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Most of the literature on student between-track mobility or school choice examines decision making in comprehensive systems or in tracked general education schools. In this article we present data on inter-school mobility (transfers) of upper secondary students in a differentiated educational system with academic, professional and vocational tiers and with a complex scheme of programmes and qualifications. This study is based on administrative microdata from the Czech school register merged with databases containing geographical information. We performed an explorative analysis of 4,533 events of school change with focus on the spatial aspects of VET student transfers. The preliminary results confirm the usefulness of this approach in studying the role school distance plays in programme and school choice.

Keywords

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TRACKING; INTER-SCHOOL MOBILITY; TRANSITIONS; SPATIAL DATA; CZECH REPUBLIC

• Publisher: Faculty of Education, Trnava University
• Journal: Pedagogický časopis (Journal of Pedagogy)
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 83 – 105

Contributors

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Dvořák Dominik

• Charles University, Faculty of Education, Institute for Research and Development of Education, Myslíkova 7, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic

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Meyer Petr

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Kučerová Silvie R.

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Vyhnálek Jan

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Šmíd Ondřej

Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/jped-2020-0005