Five Components of the Self-Esteem

In this blog we just want to remind that the root cause of students' drop-out lies in their unfulfilled psychological needs. They don't see school as a secure place, in which they would feel appreciated.

Every school can build their capacity to reduce drop-out and prevent early school leaving. Robert Reasoner developed a useful framework, which can remind us on different perspectives when thinking about early school leaving.

In developing tools and activities to prevent early school leaving we will be successful, if we address all the psychological needs (Reasoner's framework):

• security: I know I am safe;
• identity: I know who I am;
• belonging: I know others accept me;
• purpose: I know what I want to achieve;
• competence: I know I am capable.

Psychological needs and participative learning methods are at heart of our Erasmus+ course on preventing early school leaving. Check the course programme and apply to build your school capacity for working with students at risk of dropping out.