The first intellectual output of DROP-IN project is a quantitative and qualitative research on early school leaving (ESL) in the project partner countries (France, Bulgaria, Italy, Latvia, Belgium ) and the national approaches to fight against ESL and address the needs of teachers and other pedagogical experts. The state of the art research was conducted by using a mixture of methods: desk research, focus groups and face-to-face interviews.
The desk research was used to gather information about statistical data, the national approach to ESL and the best practices for fighting ESL. The face-to-face meetings (focus groups and interviews) aimed to identify the professional reality of teachers and pedagogues and to understand their current needs which will ensure that the following project products will be tailored to the specific needs of the final users.
In addition to mapping the current situation in each country, the research provides added dialogue with individuals with key engagement roles with the target group to seek their views on the current gaps and how these are best addressed.
The research within the DROP-IN project was conducted in five partner countries between December 2018 and March 2019: France, Italy, Latvia, Belgium and Bulgaria. Each partner undertook the desk research and face-to-face meetings in their local area and after that wrote the findings into a national report. A common report format and questions were discussed and agreed by all the partners also during the project kick-off meeting in November 2018.
Full version of the Bulgarian national research and the Common state of the art report could be downloaded from here.
