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04 SES 16 C, Migrant Children and Reception Contexts: Risks and potentials in inclusive education Part 1
Symposium to be continued in 04 SES 17 C
Contribution
This paper studies public policies, which regulate migration and (compulsory) schooling in Austria with respect to the integration of migrant children and youngsters. Our starting point is that public education is a key welfare provision, which aims to eliminate social inequality by endowing a country’s residents with necessary knowledge and skills for better prospects. Our goal is to identify structural obstacles in the way of migrant children’s integration at Austrian schools. The paper starts with a discussion on the timeliness of studying migration given the growing political crises, which have culminated, not least, in the restructuring of migration regimes around the world in the last decade. It then sets the national context of migration in Austria, which is characterized by the growing influence of right-wing populist FPÖ. Next, it provides a literature review and discusses the findings of existing research with special focus on young migrants. It then assesses, against the background of the literature review, the national legal framework with regard to laws regulating migration and schooling. In this part, we will analyze government policies and initiatives that tackle and regulate migrant children’s integration at schools in Austria. Policy analysis will be backed up with the preliminary findings of the field research conducted with experts and different stakeholders in Vienna.
References
Dursun, A. & Sauer, B. (2015): The Best Interest of the Child in a “Two-Class-System”: Unaccompanied Minors Asylum Seekers in Austria. In: Sedmak, M., Lenarcic, B., Medaric, Z., Zakelj, T. (Ed.): A Journey to the Unknown. The Rights of Unaccompanied Migrant Children: Between Theory and Practice. Annales University Press, pp. 100-128. Koppenberg, S. (2014): Unaccompanied Minors in Austria – Legislation, Practices and Statistics. International Organization for Migration (IOM). Sauer, B. & Ajanovic, E. (2012): Schools as a “Protected Space”? Good Practices but Lack of Resources: the Case of Austria. In: Medaric, Z., Sedmak, M. (Ed.): Children’s Voices. Interethnic Violence in the School Environment. Annales University Press, pp. 85-120.
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00. Central Events (Keynotes, EERA-Panel, EERJ Round Table, Invited Sessions)
Network 1. Continuing Professional Development: Learning for Individuals, Leaders, and Organisations
Network 2. Vocational Education and Training (VETNET)
Network 3. Curriculum Innovation
Network 4. Inclusive Education
Network 5. Children and Youth at Risk and Urban Education
Network 6. Open Learning: Media, Environments and Cultures
Network 7. Social Justice and Intercultural Education
Network 8. Research on Health Education
Network 9. Assessment, Evaluation, Testing and Measurement
Network 10. Teacher Education Research
Network 11. Educational Effectiveness and Quality Assurance
Network 12. LISnet - Library and Information Science Network
Network 13. Philosophy of Education
Network 14. Communities, Families and Schooling in Educational Research
Network 15. Research Partnerships in Education
Network 16. ICT in Education and Training
Network 17. Histories of Education
Network 18. Research in Sport Pedagogy
Network 19. Ethnography
Network 20. Research in Innovative Intercultural Learning Environments
Network 22. Research in Higher Education
Network 23. Policy Studies and Politics of Education
Network 24. Mathematics Education Research
Network 25. Research on Children's Rights in Education
Network 26. Educational Leadership
Network 27. Didactics – Learning and Teaching
Network 28. Sociologies of Education
Network 29. Reserach on Arts Education
Network 30. Research on Environmental und Sustainability Education
Network 31. Research on Language and Education (LEd)
Network 32. Organizational Education
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