COMPARATIVE REPORT ON THE IMPACTS OF MIGRATION ON THE EDUCATIONAL SETTING AND THE POSSIBILITIES THAT GUARANTEE EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT MIGRATION BACKGROUND
based on the national needs assessments conducted by the MIRACLE consortium in Germany, Hungary, Italy, Malta and Slovenia.
he aim of the research was to map the needs of primary school teachers in 5 European countries teaching migrant children in order:
- to analyze the source of challenges they are facing in their daily work,
- to map supportive actions that teachers, migrant and majority (non-migrant)) children would require,
- to suggest potential themes for an international teacher training,
- to propose topics for pedagogical materials related to migration and intercultural dialogue for primary school pupils.
Methodology
National needs assessments were based on the primary analysis of:
- questionnaires filled in by teachers working in mixed classes1 with migrant and non-migrant children -altogether 106 questionnaires were analyzed,
- interviews with experts in teacher training and intercultural education-altogether 12 interviews were conducted,
- available teacher training courses on the national and international level,
- the national, regional and local curricula -depending on the educational context.
Structure of the report
The report:
- first, analyses the challenges faced by teachers teaching in heterogeneous classes and offers concrete solutions to meet these challenges,
- then, it offers a comprehensive list of activities and measures that could ease the integration of migrant pupils,
- after, it moves onto the issue of the international teacher training and suggests concrete modules for the MIRACLE training course (that will take placen 17 – 21 October 2011 in Berlin, Germany),
- finally, it proposes themes related to migration and intercultural education that could be connected to the curricular requirements and would answer to the needs of majority and minority pupils.
The report is available for download here.
For further information about the project read the brochure in attachment or contact: migration@cesie.org.
