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What can we Learn from Second-chance
Education Programmes for Adults
to Prevent ESL in Younger Generations?
Klaudija Šterman Ivančič
Synopsis
A review of second-chance education programmes and practices in-
dicates that mainstream education could help prevent ESL by imple-
menting its main principles: a student-centred approach to learning,
encouragement of a supportive school environment and relation-
ships, socio-emotional support, use of interactive teaching methods
and connectedness to different community agents.
Summary
The aim of this article is to present the main practices and principles
of second-chance education programmes and discuss their impli-
cations for mainstream education in order to prevent ESL. Second-
chance education programmes are organised as part of non-formal
education in different countries and aim to enrol students who are
at risk or have already left education early. They operate on the prin-
ciples of lifelong learning, adult education and socially just educa-
tion. This means that, besides offering students academic support
and another chance to attain certain knowledge and an education-
al certificate, second-chance education programmes also address
ESLers’ educational, personal, social and cultural characteristics.
Second-chance education programmes are currently widely present
mainly in the USA, Australia and European countries. In our review
of different second-chance education practices and project reports
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What can we Learn from Second-chance
Education Programmes for Adults
to Prevent ESL in Younger Generations?
Klaudija Šterman Ivančič
Synopsis
A review of second-chance education programmes and practices in-
dicates that mainstream education could help prevent ESL by imple-
menting its main principles: a student-centred approach to learning,
encouragement of a supportive school environment and relation-
ships, socio-emotional support, use of interactive teaching methods
and connectedness to different community agents.
Summary
The aim of this article is to present the main practices and principles
of second-chance education programmes and discuss their impli-
cations for mainstream education in order to prevent ESL. Second-
chance education programmes are organised as part of non-formal
education in different countries and aim to enrol students who are
at risk or have already left education early. They operate on the prin-
ciples of lifelong learning, adult education and socially just educa-
tion. This means that, besides offering students academic support
and another chance to attain certain knowledge and an education-
al certificate, second-chance education programmes also address
ESLers’ educational, personal, social and cultural characteristics.
Second-chance education programmes are currently widely present
mainly in the USA, Australia and European countries. In our review
of different second-chance education practices and project reports
219
