Immigrant students at school easing the journey towards integration
How school systems respond to immigration has an enormous impact on the economic and social well-being of all members of the communities they serve, whether they have an immigrant background or not. Immigrant Students at School: Easing the Journey towards Integration reveals some of the difficulties...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
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Paris, France :
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
[2015]
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| Colección: | OECD reviews of migrant education.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705781506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Editorial
- Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Chapter 1 - Recent Trends in Immigration and Education
- Immigration over the past 50 years
- Trends in the number and profile of immigrant students
- References
- Chapter 2 - Immigrant Students' Performance and Sense of Belonging at School
- The role of host-country education systems
- Socio-economic status and immigrant students' performance
- Sense of belonging at school
- References
- Chapter 3 - Attitudes Towards Immigrants
- Attitudes towards immigrants in destination countries
- Trends in attitudes towards immigrants
- Spotlight on refugees and education
- What is the education experience like for refugees in first countries of asylum?
- References
- Chapter 4 - Factors Linked to Low Performance among Immigrant Students
- Concentration of disadvantage
- Language-related disadvantage
- The "late-arrival penalty"
- Participation in language training
- Maintaining proficiency in the heritage language
- Attendance at pre-primary education
- Opportunity to learn, grade repetition and tracking
- References
- Chapter 5 - Aspirations of Immigrant Parents and Children
- Immigrant parents' aspirations for their children
- Immigrant students' aspirations
- References
- Chapter 6 - Education Policies to Help Integrate Immigrant Students
- Immediate policy responses
- Provide sustained language support, within regular classrooms, as soon as it becomes feasible
- Encourage immigrant parents to enrol their young children in high-quality early childhood education
- Build the capacity of all schools
- High-impact, medium-term responses
- Avoid concentrating immigrant students in disadvantaged schools
- Avoid ability grouping, early tracking and grade repetition
- Provide extra support and guidance to immigrant parents.
- Strengthen integration efforts
- Support innovation and experimentation, evaluate results and target funding to what works
- Demonstrate the value of cultural diversity
- Monitor progress
- References
- Annex - Selected data tableson immigrant students.
