Bridgeland John M
Civic Enterprises, Washington, D.C., USA.
New Dir Youth Dev. 2010 Fall;2010(127):101-10. doi: 10.1002/yd.366.
Interview and survey data reveal significant disconnects among the insights and perspectives of dropouts, parents, teachers, and administrators on the causes and solutions to the dropout challenge. Many educators, for example, do not see boredom as a factor for most dropouts, while young people who drop out see it as the central cause. The author argues that if these disconnects are not more fully understood and bridged, they will continue to set back efforts to keep more students in school and on track to graduate ready for postsecondary education. Models for how communities can engage these constituencies in productive dialogue and transformative action are included in reports and in Grad Nation, a guidebook that helps communities tackle their dropout crises.
访谈和调查数据显示，辍学者、家长、教师和管理人员对于辍学挑战的成因及解决办法的见解和观点存在严重脱节。例如，许多教育工作者并不认为无聊是大多数辍学者辍学的一个因素，而辍学者则将其视为主要原因。作者认为，如果不能更全面地理解并弥合这些脱节之处，它们将继续阻碍让更多学生留在学校并顺利毕业以便接受高等教育的努力。关于社区如何促使这些群体进行富有成效的对话并采取变革性行动的模式，已纳入相关报告以及《毕业之国》中，《毕业之国》是一本帮助社区应对辍学危机的指南。
