<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>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.</p></abstract>

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.

Changing places, changing tracks: Inter-school mobility among Czech secondary students

Faculty of Education, Institute for Research and Development of Education

Faculty of Science, Department of Social Geography and Regional Development

Jan Evengelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem

Faculty of Science, Department of Geography

Journal of Pedagogy

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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...

Changing places, changing tracks: Inter-school mobility among Czech secondary students

Published Online: Jul 17, 2020

Page range: 83 - 105

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jped-2020-0005

Keywords
school choice, tracking, inter-school mobility, transitions, spatial data, vocational education

© 2020 Dominik Dvořák et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Changing places, changing tracks: Inter-school mobility among Czech secondary students

Published Online: Jul 17, 2020

Page range: 83 - 105

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jped-2020-0005

Keywordsschool choice, tracking, inter-school mobility, transitions, spatial data, vocational education

© 2020 Dominik Dvořák et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
school choice, tracking, inter-school mobility, transitions, spatial data, vocational education