The type of transition across cultural (school-peers-family) contexts performed by "migrant" students is being given limited attention by educational institutions. The research addresses this issue; it is based upon data gathered in the Emilia Romagna region through focus groups involving, on the one hand, intercultural education trainers and secondary school students and, on the other hand, semi-structured interviews with "second generation" migrant trainers who run intercultural educational workshops in local secondary schools. Because the research was aimed at self-narratives and the assessment of educational choices, results provide both a rationale and concrete examples of "second generation" migrant trainers' educational approaches focusing on intercultural and citizenship education in both formal and non-formal educational settings. While secondary schools are facing significant discrimination attitudes, they are providing insufficient opportunities to young people of foreign origin to voice their transition strategies leaving a key role to youth groups and associations in elaborating transition strategies and in shaping and voicing young people needs and abilities for participation in social life.

Migrant youth's experiences and educational narratives in Italian society

SURIAN, ALESSIO
2011

Abstract

The type of transition across cultural (school-peers-family) contexts performed by "migrant" students is being given limited attention by educational institutions. The research addresses this issue; it is based upon data gathered in the Emilia Romagna region through focus groups involving, on the one hand, intercultural education trainers and secondary school students and, on the other hand, semi-structured interviews with "second generation" migrant trainers who run intercultural educational workshops in local secondary schools. Because the research was aimed at self-narratives and the assessment of educational choices, results provide both a rationale and concrete examples of "second generation" migrant trainers' educational approaches focusing on intercultural and citizenship education in both formal and non-formal educational settings. While secondary schools are facing significant discrimination attitudes, they are providing insufficient opportunities to young people of foreign origin to voice their transition strategies leaving a key role to youth groups and associations in elaborating transition strategies and in shaping and voicing young people needs and abilities for participation in social life.
2011
EARLI 2011 book of abstracts
Education for a Global Networked Society, EARLI Conference 2011
File in questo prodotto:
Non ci sono file associati a questo prodotto.
Pubblicazioni consigliate

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11577/2488885
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus ND
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
  • OpenAlex ND
social impact