A Qualitative Understanding on Learning Life and Educational Needs of Young Adults with an Immigrant Background

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-88
Author(s):  
Jinhee Kim ◽  
Jayoung Kim ◽  
Jinhee Kwon
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Fahimeh Darchinian ◽  
Marie-Odile Magnan

Based on our collection of life stories (n = 25), our qualitative study seeks to better understand, after the fact, how young, immigrant-background adults in Québec negotiate ethnocultural boundaries through their post-secondary and professional orientation experiences, particularly in terms of linguistic choices. The analyses highlight the strengthening of boundaries within Québec’s educational institutions and workplaces. The results expose different examples of racism experienced by young adults in their relations with the Québec francophone majority that led them to integrate into English-language post-secondary education and workplaces. In addition, young adults from “black” and “Arabic” minorities more frequently report racist attitudes from francophone Quebecers.


2009 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Diehl ◽  
Michael Friedrich ◽  
Anja Hall

ZusammenfassungAnhand gepoolter Datensätze dreier Schulabgängerbefragungen des Bundesinstituts für Berufsbildung (BIBB) wird der Frage nach dem Grad und den Ursachen der Benachteiligung Jugendlicher ausländischer Herkunft beim Zugang zu Ausbildungsplätzen nachgegangen. Es wird untersucht, welche Rolle folgende Unterschiede zwischen Ausbildungsplatzsuchenden deutscher und ausländischer Herkunft spielen: ihre Präferenzen für eine bestimmte berufliche Ausbildung, ihre Ausstattung mit arbeitsmarktrelevanten Ressourcen sowie ihnen offen stehende Opportunitäten auf dem Ausbildungsstellenmarkt. Dabei zeigt sich erstens, dass vor allem männliche Jugendliche ausländischer Herkunft deutlich geringere Chancen haben, einen Ausbildungsplatz zu finden, als Jugendliche deutscher Herkunft. Dies gilt weitgehend unabhängig davon, welchen Wunschberuf sie verfolgen, welchen Schulabschluss sie besitzen und welche Erstsprache sie gelernt haben. Auch Unterschiede in ihren Suchstrategien nach einem Ausbildungsplatz scheinen wenig zur Erklärung dieses Phänomens beizutragen, zumal diese bei den Gruppen kaum differieren. Die Analysen belegen zweitens, dass selbst diejenigen Jugendlichen ausländischer Herkunft, die einen Ausbildungsplatz gefunden haben, nur halb so oft in ihrem „Wunschberuf“ ausgebildet werden wie deutsche Jugendliche. Nicht zuletzt der starke Unterschied zwischen Mädchen und Jungen mit Migrationshintergrund spricht dafür, dass Diskriminierungsprozesse seitens der Arbeitgeber bei der Vergabe von Ausbildungsplätzen möglicherweise eine größere Rolle spielen als bei anderen Dimensionen der Arbeitsmarktintegration. Dies steht vermutlich im Zusammenhang mit Spezifika des Ausbildungsstellenmarktes, der durch eine vergleichsweise geringe Produktivität der Ausbildungsplatzsuchenden und eine Knappheit an Ausbildungsplätzen gekennzeichnet ist.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Víctor González-Calatayud ◽  
Marimar Roman-García ◽  
Paz Prendes-Espinosa

Bullying of people with Special Educational Needs with or without disabilities (SEN/D) is a reality, being one of the most affected groups. This study presents the data obtained in a European Erasmus+ project in which 96 young people and adults with SEN/D from four countries participated: Ireland, Spain, Italy, and Portugal. Firstly, a questionnaire was passed to see the general knowledge of these people in relation to bullying. Then a training program was carried out and finally the questionnaire was passed again to see if the data improved. From the data it appears that people with SEN/D lack skills, knowledge, and resources to deal with bullying. After the completion of the training program the data obtained from the questionnaire improved in many respects. Sometimes people with SEN/D are not aware that they are suffering from this type of situation due to lack of knowledge, so it is necessary to continue implementing training programs to help improve this situation.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oriane Sarrasin ◽  
Eva G. T. Green ◽  
Gina Potarca ◽  
Claudio Bolzman ◽  
Ursina Kuhn

Several factors explain the native-immigrant gap in well-being frequently found among adolescents and young adults. First, discrimination and integration challenges impact the psychological health of immigrants of all ages. Though rarely studied, low parental well-being is transmitted thereby also deteriorating youth well-being. Second, individuals with an immigrant background generally endure economic pressures to a greater extent than natives, which impact children through a lower parental well-being independently of origins. These factors—intrafamily transmission of negative affect and economic pressures—have been mostly studied separately (and only rarely for the former). Combining the two, the present study uses Swiss Household Panel data to examine the extent to which immigrant background and economic pressures relate to well-being of adolescents and young adults through the negative affect experienced by their mothers and fathers. In Switzerland, young people with an immigrant background—both immigrants and dual citizens—reported being more anxious, sad and depressed than natives. Path models showed that young people with foreign roots were more likely to live in a household that experienced economic pressures, which, in turn, related to impaired parental (mothers and fathers alike) well-being and finally their own. An immigrant background, economic pressures and parental well-being were also independently related to young people’s negative affect, highlighting the complexity of the factors underlying the well-known immigrant–native gap in well-being.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Irina Mchitarjan ◽  
Rainer Reisenzein

Central assumptions of a theory of cultural transmission in minorities proposed by the authors were tested in an online survey of adolescents and young adults with Russian and Turkish immigrant background in Germany (N=55). The results support most hypotheses. In particular, evidence was obtained for the existence of the culture-transmission motive postulated by the theory: the appreciation of the culture of origin and the desire to maintain it and pass it on to the next generation. In addition, evidence was obtained for the anchoring of the culture-transmission motive in more basic motives, its relative stability, and its motivating function for pedagogical activities and wishes regarding cultural transmission, including the wish for culture-specific education in public schools.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 298-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie K. Bradford ◽  
Rebecca Greenslade ◽  
Rachel M. Edwards ◽  
Rebekah Orford ◽  
Jane Roach ◽  
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