International Journal of Adult and Continuing Education

International Journal of Adult and Continuing Education ISSN 2241-4517 Vol. 2 (3), pp. 001-006, March, 2016. © International Scholars Journals

Full Length Research Paper

Didacticism and educational outcomes

Geraint Johnes

Lancaster University Management School Lancaster LA1 4YX United Kingdom E-mail: [email protected], Tel: +441524 594215, Fax: +44 1524 594244.

This note provides an analysis of the determinants of educational outcomes at age 16, and of subsequent pathways as school pupils transit toward the labour market. There is some evidence that examination results tend to be better where nondidactic teaching methods are used, but there is little evidence to suggest that teaching method has an independent effect on the decision to stay on in school. Suggestions are made for further research.