Finding ways from imagined to realized educational transitions and trajectories

There has been increasing interest in research on the education of newly arrived migrant students (henceforth NAMS) due to increasing number of international migrant youth, in particular refugees, and an awareness of the right to equal and high-quality education for these children (Bunar & Juvon...

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Published inPerspectives on Transitions in Refugee Education p. 63
Main Authors Anna-Maria S. Marekovic, Anna Liisa Närvänen
Format Book Chapter
LanguageGerman
English
Published Verlag Barbara Budrich 14.11.2022
Edition1
Subjects
aspirations
educational trajectories
Newly arrived students
Sociologi
Sociology
transitions
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Summary:There has been increasing interest in research on the education of newly arrived migrant students (henceforth NAMS) due to increasing number of international migrant youth, in particular refugees, and an awareness of the right to equal and high-quality education for these children (Bunar & Juvonen 2020). Inequalities and achievement gaps between native and immigrant students have been acknowledged (Schleicher 2006) and explained with reference to parents’ educational backgrounds (Heath and Brinbaum 2007), language proficiency (Kim and Suárez-Orozco 2015), and age at arrival (Heath and Kilpi-Jakonen 2012). The most vulnerable group pointed out is newly arrived migrant youth in the ages
ISBN:3847426265
9783847426264
DOI:10.2307/j.ctv32bm1gz.8