Students at risk of educational exclusion in secondary education. Perceptions of teachers involved in special programs about prevention of school failure

Abstract

School failure in Secondary Education is one of the most serious problems that carries the Spanish educational system today. Initial vocational qualification programs (pcpi) were designed to offer a second chance to failed students (or at risk of educational exclusion) in this educational stage. This study, for which has been used a mixed or hybrid method research, has provided a number of results that offer a more complete vision on the usefulness of these «Educational reclosing» programs (now Vocational Basic Training), in the centers of the province of Granada, showing viewpoints as interesting as the teachers and students involved in the study. Here the perception of teachers is summarized on these students at risk who, due to several reasons, have been excluded from the mainstream educational system, and doomed to failure. Students that fail not only for learning difficulties or personal problems related to their family, also crash into an educational system that has not been able to provide adequate answers to their needs.

Keywords

• secundaria
• alumnos en riesgo
• exclusión educativa
• fracaso escolar