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Education as a Lifelong Process The German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS)

Title
Education as a Lifelong Process [electronic resource] : The German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) / edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Hans-Günther Roßbach.
ISBN
9783658231620
Edition
2nd ed. 2019.
Publication
Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer VS, 2019.
Physical Description
1 online resource (XI, 383 p.) 11 illus., 1 illus. in color.
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Summary
The volume presents an updated overview of the background ideas of the NEPS and its conceptional framework. It informs about the longitudinal structure of the multicohort sequence design and discusses its key methodological challenges as well as data protection issues. It also describes the organizational structure of the consortium of leading educational scientists and research institutions who have not only jointly developed the basic design but are continuously further adjusting it. Finally, it provides background information for users who want to utilize NEPS Scientific Use Files for their research projects. The volume is a revised edition of the ZfE Special Issue on the NEPS which appeared in 2011. Contents • Longitudinal design of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) • Research instruments to capture educational processes and competence development over the life course • Sampling issues and methodological challenges of the NEPS Audience The book is written for students and researchers interested in educational processes and competence development over the life course from disciplines such as psychology, educational science, sociology, economics, demography, migration studies, statistics, or survey methods. It provides also important information for educational practitioners such as teachers, school administrators, educational experts, or policy makers. Editors Professor Dr. Dr. h. c. Hans-Peter Blossfeld holds the Chair of Sociology I at the University of Bamberg and was the first Principal Investigator of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS). Professor (em.) Dr. Hans-Günther Roßbach held the Chair for Early Childhood Education at the University of Bamberg and was the second principal investigator of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) and the founding director of the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi).
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Springer ENIN.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 31, 2019
Series
Edition ZfE, 3
Edition ZfE, 3
Contents
The National Educational Panel Study: need, main features, and research potential
Education as a lifelong process
Sampling Designs of the National Educational Panel Study: Setup and Panel Development
Development of competencies across the life span
Education processes in life-course-specific learning environments
Social inequality and educational decisions in the life course
The education of migrants and their children across the life course
Educational returns over the life course
Measuring motivational concepts and personality aspects in National Educational Panel Study
Competence Assessment: Create Comparability to Standardized Competence Assessment using Log-Data and a Reference Sample
From birth to early child care within the National Educational Panel Study
Kindergarten and elementary school - Starting Cohort 2 of the German National Educational Panel Study
Transition and development from lower secondary to upper secondary school
Upper secondary education in academic school tracks and the transition from school to post secondary education and the job market
Vocational education and training and transitions into the labor market
Higher education and the transition to work
Adult education and lifelong learning
Data protection issues in the National Educational Panel Study
The Research Data Center: making National Educational Panel Study data available for research.
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