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14 SES 04, Transitions in Education: Vertical, Horizontal and Intercultural
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Contribution
The research presented in this paper draws on the experience of Icelandic youngsters’ readjustment into Icelandic schools and society after living and studying abroad. Participating are five Icelandic families that have a connection to the Icelandic Foreign Service. Both parents and children describe their experience of returning back to Iceland, adapting to the Icelandic school system and society and describe what kind of assistance they were offered during the adaptation process.
The researchers own experience of living and studying abroad, both as a child and as a trailing spouse of a diplomat becomes a meaningful part of the study and was instrumental for both data collation and analysis (Dien, 2000; Ellis, 2004; Ferdman, 2000; Jones, 2005)
The main research question is: How do Icelandic Younsters readjust into Icelandic schools and society after liviving and studying abroad.
The theoretical framework for this study is based on critical theory and critical pedagogy (Freire, 1998, 1999, 2007; Giroux, 1997; Kienchloe, 2008; McCarthy, 1981).
This study is conducted with the objective of giving voice to a group that has largely been overlooked in discussions on diversity in Icelandic schools. The aim is also to point out what this group has in common with other minority groups such as immigrant students. By researching and discussing the experience of this particular group the hope is that schools will be better capable to meet their needs and also to support the challenges that mobile families face (Gay, 2000; Nieto, 1999).
This discussion is an important part of the greater discussion on globally mobile families or families in global transition, multicultural education and intercultural communication (Banks, 2006, 2007; Bauman 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001).
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