Download or read book Mechanisms of and Barriers to the Educational Integration of Immigrant Youth in Germany written by Taylan C. Acar and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation examines differential modes of integration among immigrant groups in Germany, by focusing on the educational performance of immigrant youth in high school, in light of the social and historical context of their arrival. In the German context, educational integration is the key mechanism for social mobility among immigrant youth. The analyses focus on students who are descendants of the five largest and politically most relevant immigrant communities: labor migrants from Turkey, the former Yugoslavia, and the Mediterranean countries (Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece), as well as recent migrants from Poland, and return migrants with German ancestry from the former Soviet Union. I use a nationally representative sample of ninth-grade native German and immigrant students from data drawn by the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS). The first empirical chapter shows that the political economy of immigration has important implications for differences between early labor migrants and recent migrants, whereas Turkish students still constitute the most disadvantaged group with patterns of social immobility. Recent migrants enjoy a positive reception at the time of their arrival; however, the educational performance of return migrants with German ancestry shows that this supportive context might not translate into educational success. The second chapter shows that a higher proportion of immigrant students among peers has differential associations for the five immigrant groups. These associations also vary by school track; negative associations are larger for labor migrant students in academic tracks. However, controlling for mean-achievement in schools leads to a considerable weakening of the test score-peer network relationship for Turkish students, indicating that they are more likely to attend low achieving schools. The third chapter finds that longer duration of stay and secondary school track placement play significant roles in attenuating the educational aspirations of immigrant students and their families. Turkish and Yugoslavian immigrant groups have the highest aspirations; that achievement-aspiration paradox applies to groups who come from the most disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds and from countries with the lowest rates of higher education enrollment. Overall, with its growing young and young-adult immigrant population and an aging native population, German society still faces challenges of providing educational opportunities to immigrant youth.
Download or read book Mechanisms of and Barriers to the Educational Integration of Immigrant Youth in Germany written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation examines differential modes of integration among immigrant groups in Germany, by focusing on the educational performance of immigrant youth in high school, in light of the social and historical context of their arrival. In the German context, educational integration is the key mechanism for social mobility among immigrant youth. The analyses focus on students who are descendants of the five largest and politically most relevant immigrant communities: labor migrants from Turkey, the former Yugoslavia, and the Mediterranean countries (Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece), as well as recent migrants from Poland, and return migrants with German ancestry from the former Soviet Union. I use a nationally representative sample of ninth-grade native German and immigrant students from data drawn by the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS). The first empirical chapter shows that the political economy of immigration has important implications for differences between early labor migrants and recent migrants, whereas Turkish students still constitute the most disadvantaged group with patterns of social immobility. Recent migrants enjoy a positive reception at the time of their arrival; however, the educational performance of return migrants with German ancestry shows that this supportive context might not translate into educational success. The second chapter shows that a higher proportion of immigrant students among peers has differential associations for the five immigrant groups. These associations also vary by school track; negative associations are larger for labor migrant students in academic tracks. However, controlling for mean-achievement in schools leads to a considerable weakening of the test score-peer network relationship for Turkish students, indicating that they are more likely to attend low achieving schools. The third chapter finds that longer duration of stay and secondary school track placement play significant roles in attenuating the educational aspirations of immigrant students and their families. Turkish and Yugoslavian immigrant groups have the highest aspirations; that achievement-aspiration paradox applies to groups who come from the most disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds and from countries with the lowest rates of higher education enrollment. Overall, with its growing young and young-adult immigrant population and an aging native population, German society still faces challenges of providing educational opportunities to immigrant youth.
Download or read book OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training Unlocking the Potential of Migrants in Germany written by Bergseng Benedicte and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-11 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The German vocational education and training (VET) system is admired around the world for its ability to prepare young people for skilled employment. In Germany, VET smooths transitions into work and is closely aligned with labour market demand. This report focuses on an unprecedented test of the German VET system: how to respond to the significant increase in migrants who arrived in the country in 2015-16. The study explores both the opportunities and the challenges presented by migration. Germany has already devoted significant attention to VET as a mechanism for enabling integration - and for good reason. Work-based learning assists integration because it demonstrably gives learners skills that employers want in real-world settings. The report assesses the barriers faced by learners in their journeys into and through VET, exploring how such challenges can be addressed. In addition, the study looks at system-wide issues in relation to how VET provision and integration policy is governed. Lastly, it explores opportunities for increased flexibility in the German VET system of relevance to all youth at risk of not succeeding in VET. In responding to migrant needs, German VET can become more inclusive without reducing quality.
Download or read book OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training Unlocking the Potential of Migrants in Germany written by Bergseng Benedicte and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The German vocational education and training (VET) system is admired around the world for its ability to prepare young people for skilled employment. In Germany, VET smooths transitions into work and is closely aligned with labour market demand. This report focuses on an unprecedented test of the German VET system: how to respond to the significant increase in migrants who arrived in the country in 2015-16. The study explores both the opportunities and the challenges presented by migration.
Download or read book Black Identities written by Mary C. WATERS and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of West Indian immigrants to the United States is generally considered to be a great success. Mary Waters, however, tells a very different story. She finds that the values that gain first-generation immigrants initial success--a willingness to work hard, a lack of attention to racism, a desire for education, an incentive to save--are undermined by the realities of life and race relations in the United States. Contrary to long-held beliefs, Waters finds, those who resist Americanization are most likely to succeed economically, especially in the second generation.
Download or read book The Challenges of Diaspora Migration written by Rainer K. Silbereisen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diaspora or 'ethnic return' migrants have often been privileged in terms of citizenship and material support when they seek to return to their ancestral land, yet for many, after long periods of absence - sometimes extending to generations - acculturation to their new environment is as complex as that experienced by other immigrant groups. Indeed, the mismatch between the idealized hopes of the returning migrants and the high expectations for social integration by the new host country results in particular difficulties of adaptation for this group of immigrants, often with high societal costs. This interdisciplinary, comparative volume examines migration from German and Jewish Diasporas to Germany and Israel, examining the roles of origin, ethnicity, and destination in the acculturation and adaptation of immigrants. The book presents results from various projects within a large research consortium that compared the adaptation of Diaspora immigrants with that of other immigrant groups and natives in Israel and Germany. With close attention to specific issues relating to Diaspora immigration, including language acquisition, acculturation strategies, violence and 'breaches with the past', educational and occupational opportunities, life course transitions and preparation for moving between countries, The Challenges of Diaspora Migration will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in migration and ethnicity, Diaspora and return migration.
Download or read book The European Second Generation Compared written by Maurice Crul and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on data collected by the TIES survey in 15 cities across 8 European countries, looks at the place and position of the children of immigrants from Turkey, Morocco, and the former Yugoslavia.
Download or read book Education Policies and Programmes written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book PISA Where Immigrant Students Succeed A Comparative Review of Performance and Engagement in PISA 2003 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2006-05-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on data from the PISA 2003 survey, this report examines the performance of students with immigrant backgrounds and compares it to that of their native counterparts.
Download or read book Refugees in Higher Education written by Jana Berg and published by Springer VS. This book was released on 2021-07-29 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume addresses critical issues surrounding higher education access for students of refugee backgrounds. It combines a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives on the challenges, opportunities, experiences and expectations of refugee students, as well as some of the institutional frameworks that facilitate their access to higher education. Following a critical discussion of the notion of ‘integration’, the team of authors who are made up of academics and refugee students critically investigate higher education as an objective of as well as a means to greater inclusion and integration.
Download or read book Barriers to Inclusion written by Justin J. W. Powell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-03 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barriers to Inclusion offers a comparative and historical account of the rise of special education over the twentieth century in the United States and Germany. This institutional analysis demonstrates how categorical boundaries, professional groups, social movements, and education and social policies shaped the schooling of children and youth with disabilities. It traces the evolution of special education classification, explores growing special education organizations, and examines students' learning opportunities and educational attainments. Highlighting cross-national differences over time, the author also investigates demographic and geographic variability within the federal democracies, especially in segregation and inclusion rates of disabled and disadvantaged children. Germany's elaborate system of segregated special school types contrasts with diverse American special education classrooms mainly within regular schools. Joining historical case studies with empirical indicators, this book reveals persistent barriers to school integration as well as factors that facilitate inclusive education reform in both societies.
Download or read book Communities in Action written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.
Download or read book Space Place and Educational Settings written by Tim Freytag and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book explores the nexus between knowledge and space with a particular emphasis on the role of educational settings that are, both, shaping and being reshaped by socio-economic and political processes. It gives insight into the complex interplay of educational inequalities and practices of educational governance in the neighborhood and at larger geographical scales. The book adopts quantitative and qualitative methodologies and explores a wide range of theoretical perspectives by drawing upon empirical cases and examples from France, Germany, Italy, the UK and North America, and presents and reflects ongoing research of international scholars from various disciplinary backgrounds such as education, human geography, public policy, sociology, and urban and regional planning. As such, it provides an interesting read for scholars, students and professionals in the broader field of social, cultural and educational studies, as well as policy makers and practitioners in the fields of education, pedagogy, social work, and urban and regional planning.
Download or read book Language Development and Social Integration of Students with English as an Additional Language written by Michael Evans and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using empirical data, this volume explores the link between second language development and social integration of migrant school students.
Download or read book Language and Migration written by Tony Capstick and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-10 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language and Migration provides a lively introduction to the relationship between language and migration. Drawing on real-world case studies from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and New Zealand, this book investigates the language and literacy practices which sustain, extend, or curb different forms of migration. Individual trajectories, family networks, and societal level policy are examined through an interdisciplinary perspective on empires and colonialism, transnationalism, and globalization. Exploring the linguistic diversity which has resulted from voluntary and forced migration, this book covers theories from migration studies, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, sociology, and education studies, and offers broad coverage of different contexts of migration across the globe. It provides students and teachers with: Migration theories to interrogate current thinking on human mobility. Concepts from applied linguistics combined with other disciplines to explore complex migration experiences in countries of origin and destination. A critical understanding of language and power in economic migration and forced migration. An introduction to the role of language in broader debates about the impact of migration on national and international policies such as international development, global security, and education. Practical guidance on using discourse analysis to identify how migrant identities are constructed in the media and how this affects our understandings of asylum, immigration, and social cohesion. Featuring a range of activities and case studies in each chapter, Language and Migration is essential reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying this topic.
Download or read book State Religion and Muslims written by Melek Saral and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-03-02 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: State, Religion and Muslims offers a comprehensive insight into the discrimination against Muslims at the legislative, executive and judicial level across the 12 Western countries situating discriminatory practices in their institutional framework with a multidisciplinary look.
Download or read book I Want to Continue to Study written by Breanna Small and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "... documents increasingly difficult obstacles to education the further Syrian refugee children progress in school, with enrollment rates collapsing from nearly 90 percent in primary classes to just 25 [percent by the end of secondary school]"--Publisher website.
