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23 SES 07 C, Exploring Integration and Migration
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Contribution
All the countries in the European Union know from experience the political, economic and social implications of the cultural changes that are the result of contemporary migration movements, including the mental mobility made possible by the new technologies. These effects have been felt in the field of education for some time now, with repercussions on both theoretical reflection and on educational practice, on the legal framework of educational systems and on educational policies. There is already abundant literature that points to the need to study this phenomenon from a local and a global perspective, multidisciplinary studies have proliferated, and there have been multiple experiences on different scales aimed at generating and disseminating a set of best practices that will be able to maintain this situation in a sustainable way. In spite of all this, and in spite of the advances being made in our knowledge of the phenomenon, it seems that we are now witnessing a certain stagnation, if not a going backwards, in its extension and treatment. Indeed, at this time we have data and analyses that point to a dual reflection: on the one hand, a kind of amplification, by a duplication and broadening of the phenomenon, seems to exist, and on the other hand, we do not seem to be achieving outcomes with the desired equity and efficiency either in schools or in informal socio-educational scenarios. The objective of this collaboration is also dual: first to try and establish, verify and explain this paradox based on the following hypothesis: the proliferation of the phenomenon must be explained not only in quantitative terms of migratory movements but also as the result of a gradual diversification of the criteria used to define cultural differentiation. Secondly, and as regards the behaviour and the outcomes of the educational system, I will attempt to demonstrate its lack of efficiency on the basis of this other hypothesis: the usual treatment does not manage to teach our culture nor does it help immigrants to develop their own. The work concludes by reconsidering the problem in terms of recognizing the singularity of the subjects, of respect for the plurality of the spaces and times that the subjects inhabit and of fostering the no less plural relationship that co-existence requires. In contrast to the discourses that are based on exhibiting identity traits as an absolute criterion, what is proposed here is the singularity of the individual and his/her relational capability as basic cultural indicators of learning, co-existence, and development.
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References
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