Background
Education is the gateway to a brighter future. However, for many students, the road to success is anything but easy. Recognizing the role of academic resilience is crucial. It helps us understand how and why some students succeed despite experiencing challenges related to their home and language backgrounds.
About the project
Despite having limited educational resources, some students rise to the challenge and succeed. These students demonstrate remarkable academic resilience. They show what is possible and provide valuable insights into supporting other vulnerable students.
But, how and what makes these students perform so well? Why are some students able to succeed against the odds while so many others with similar backgrounds struggle? In a world where the gap between the privileged and the underprivileged is widening, understanding and promoting academic resilience is more crucial than ever.
The ARISE project is an endeavour to bridge these educational gaps. We aim to generate new knowledge for developing academic resilience among young learners, with a focus on mathematics and science learning. Such knowledge can contribute to the essential societal goal of ensuring the active participation of all children and young people in education and further social life.
Our approach is threefold:
- Develop tools to identify the characteristics of academically resilient students.
- Examine the strategies they employ for their success.
- Investigate factors affecting the development of academic resilience.
Financing
Norwegian Research Council through the Researcher Project for Young Talents