Author: Khairoonisa Foflonker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783814221908
Category : Children of immigrants
Languages : en
Pages : 146

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Author: Taylan C. Acar
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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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.

Author: Richard Alba
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814760252
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 350

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- "This tightly focused volume... proves an indispensable guide... Full of valuable and stimulating insights." - Nancy Foner, author of In a New Land "A remarkable collection of studies." - Douglas Massey, author of Brokered Boundaries

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Languages : en
Pages : 226

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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.

Author: Hans-Peter Blossfeld
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3658231629
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 383

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In modernen Wissensgesellschaften ist Bildung die zentrale Voraussetzung sowohl für die demokratische Teilhabe als auch für wirtschaftliches Wachstum und Wohlstand. Eine sich zunehmend rascher wandelnde, globalisierte Welt erfordert die Bewältigung neuer Anforderungen im privaten Leben und in der Berufs- und Arbeitswelt. Um mehr über den Bildungserwerb und seine Folgen für individuelle Lebensverläufe zu erfahren, um zentrale Bildungsprozesse und -verläufe über die gesamte Lebensspanne zu beschreiben und zu analysieren, wird in Deutschland aktuell das Nationale Bildungspanel aufgebaut.

Author: Merike Darmody
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000903257
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 187

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This volume explores the role of structure and agency in shaping post-school pathways for migrant-origin young people, providing new insights from countries with different migration histories and transition systems. The book collates the work of leading international scholars to cover a number of jurisdictions across Europe, looking in depth at migrant transitions in different contexts. The chapters examine the influence of different education systems, migration status, race and ethnicity, social class, gender, and resilience on the success of transitions to higher education and the labour market. The book highlights the need for host countries to put in place comprehensive policies to counter ethnic inequalities and discrimination in their education and labour market systems while facilitating and supporting immigrant youth in pursuing their post-school pathways. This timely book will be of great interest to scholars, researchers, and postgraduate students in the fields of migration studies, sociology of education, and equity in education. Policymakers will find this book useful in informing policy development in education and the labour market.

Author: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Publisher: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung
ISBN: 3867932522
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 150

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International migration is a permanent fixture of life in the 21st century. Fostering the integration of diverse populations has become a crucial policy challenge because integration greatly impacts social cohesion. Schools are the keystone in building robust integration strategies. As in so many countries around the globe, Germany's population is growing steadily more diverse. At the same time, its institutions, especially schools, have not systematically developed the tools they need to harness the potential of this diversity. Whereas some education policies and programs are fine-tuned to meet the needs of diverse student populations, others have categorically disadvantaged certain segments. As the Pisa studies have shown, students of immigrant origin are at particular risk of attaining academic achievement below their potential. The 2008 Carl Bertelsmann Prize has sought out innovative approaches to education in select OECD countries which promote the integration of children and youth of immigrant origin. The publication also includes perspectives and strategies that could improve education policies, especially in countries like Germany.

Author: Merike Darmody
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000903273
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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This volume explores the role of structure and agency in shaping post-school pathways for migrant-origin young people, providing new insights from countries with different migration histories and transition systems. The book collates the work of leading international scholars to cover a number of jurisdictions across Europe, looking in depth at migrant transitions in different contexts. The chapters examine the influence of different education systems, migration status, race and ethnicity, social class, gender, and resilience on the success of transitions to higher education and the labour market. The book highlights the need for host countries to put in place comprehensive policies to counter ethnic inequalities and discrimination in their education and labour market systems while facilitating and supporting immigrant youth in pursuing their post-school pathways. This timely book will be of great interest to scholars, researchers, and postgraduate students in the fields of migration studies, sociology of education, and equity in education. Policymakers will find this book useful in informing policy development in education and the labour market.

Author: Louis Volante
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319740636
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 219

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This book examines immigrant student achievement and education policy across a range of Western nations. It is divided into 3 sections: Part 1 introduces the topic of immigrant student achievement and the performance disadvantage that is consistently reported across a range of international jurisdictions. Part 2 then presents national profiles from scholars in ten countries (England, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Finland, Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand). These educational jurisdictions were selected because they represent a range of Western nations engaged in large-scale reform efforts geared towards enhancing their immigrant students’ achievement. Each of the national profiles provides a brief overview of the evolution of the cultural composition of their respective school-aged student population; explains the trajectory of achievement results in non-immigrant and immigrant student groups in relation to both national and international large-scale assessment measures; and discusses the effectiveness of policy responses that have been adopted to close the achievement gap between non-immigrant and immigrant student populations. It also examines the relationships between education policies and immigrant student achievement and discusses how education policies have evolved across various cultural contexts. In conclusion, Part 3 analyzes cross-cultural approaches designed to address the performance disadvantage of immigrant students and proposes future areas of inquiry stemming from the national profiles. The book offers insights into a diverse cross-section of nations and policy approaches to addressing the performance disadvantage.

Author: Noliwe Rooks
Publisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1620972492
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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2018 Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Legacy Award (Nonfiction) Finalist A timely indictment of the corporate takeover of education and the privatization—and profitability—of separate and unequal schools, published at a critical time in the dismantling of public education in America "An astounding look at America’s segregated school system, weaving together historical dynamics of race, class, and growing inequality into one concise and commanding story. Cutting School puts our schools at the center of the fight for a new commons." —Naomi Klein, author of No Is Not Enough and This Changes Everything Public schools are among America’s greatest achievements in modern history, yet from the earliest days of tax-supported education—today a sector with an estimated budget of over half a billion dollars—there have been intractable tensions tied to race and poverty. Now, in an era characterized by levels of school segregation the country has not seen since the mid-twentieth century, cultural critic and American studies professor Noliwe Rooks provides a trenchant analysis of our separate and unequal schools and argues that profiting from our nation’s failure to provide a high-quality education to all children has become a very big business. Cutting School deftly traces the financing of segregated education in America, from reconstruction through Brown v. Board of Education up to the current controversies around school choice, teacher quality, the school-to-prison pipeline, and more, to elucidate the course we are on today: the wholesale privatization of our schools. Rooks’s incisive critique breaks down the fraught landscape of “segrenomics,” showing how experimental solutions to the so-called achievement gaps—including charters, vouchers, and cyber schools—rely on, profit from, and ultimately exacerbate disturbingly high levels of racial and economic segregation under the guise of providing equal opportunity. Rooks chronicles the making and unmaking of public education and the disastrous impact of funneling public dollars to private for-profit and nonprofit operations. As the infrastructure crumbles, a number of major U.S. cities are poised to permanently dismantle their public school systems—the very foundation of our multicultural democracy. Yet Rooks finds hope and promise in the inspired individuals and powerful movements fighting to save urban schools. A comprehensive, compelling account of what’s truly at stake in the relentless push to deregulate and privatize, Cutting School is a cri de coeur for all of us to resist educational apartheid in America.