Migration, Education and Employment

Pathways to Successful Integration

AvMarianne Teräs,Ali Osman

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Del i serien Education, Equity, Economy

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Beskrivning

This is an open access book which focuses on different aspects of education, employment, and successful integration of migrants in three countries: Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. The chapters in this book reflect on these issues from micro, meso and macro perspectives; some are based on interviews with migrants and people who work with them, others on documents and literature about migration. There are different pathways for skilled migrants to vocations. Some start working in their previous vocations after arriving in the new environment. Some re-enter their professions but on a lower level. Some can re-train themselves in a new vocation, and some will go to further education, as studies in different chapters of this book suggest. Common for successful integration seems to be several intertwined factors: the target language competence, strong motivation and agency, supporting networks and supporting persons, as well as structural opportunities of the new environment. The book’s editorial board takes an eclectic view, hoping to start an academic debate about what ‘successful integration’ means. While discussions about the integration of migrants tend to focus on integration failures, there are millions of migrants, in different countries, who have successfully integrated into their new societies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-10-14
Mått:155 x 235 x 18 mm
Vikt:489 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Education, Equity, Economy
Antal sidor:203
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031419171

Utforska kategorier

Pedagogisk teori och filosofi inom Psykologi och pedagogik
Migration inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Marianne Teräs is Professor of Education in the Department of Education, Stockholm University, Sweden During the last 20 years, she has studied migration from the perspective of vocational education and training both in Finland and in Sweden. She led the research project focusing on integration and inclusion of migrants in and through vocation and work. The project was funded by The Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare. Ali Osman is Associate Professor in the Department of Education, Stockholm University, Sweden. He has studied questions concerning migration over 25 years from various perspectives. He has studied multicultural discourses in adult education, migration and recognition of prior learning, school segregation and transitions between different educational systems and working life.Eva Eliasson is Senior Lecturer in Educational Science in the Department of Education, Stockholm University, Sweden. She has studied vocational and teacher knowledge, especially in health care education, and the interplay between power relations and vocational knowledge. Her recent study focused on how skilled migrants in Sweden gain access to their previous vocation.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: Integration in and through Education and Employment.- PART I THE SWEDISH CONTEXT.- 2. Migrants Successfully Accessing their Vocation in Sweden: The Significance of Labour Market Initiatives to Facilitate the Integration.- 3. Understanding Recognition of Prior Learning as a Tool for the Labour Market Integration of Skilled Migrants.- 4. Potential, Actuality or Vulnerability? The Importance of Recognition in Career Counselling for Newly Arrived Migrants.- 5. Important Encounters for Education and Employment.- 6. Education for Access to The Swedish Labour Market and Society: A Historical Comparison of Practices for the Integration of Immigrants in the 1960s and Early 2000s.- 7. Integration as a Conceptual Resource When Studying Skilled Migrants in the Workplace.- 8. Integration and the Art of Making a Society – The Case of Swedish Society.- PART II THE SWISS AND NORWEGIAN CONTEXTS.- 9. Successful Integration of Refugees in Vocational Education and Training: Experiences from a New Pre-Vocational Programme.- 10. ‘Open Sesame’: Skilled Immigrants’ Experiences with Bridging Programmes in the Validation Process in Norway.- 11. Multicultural Perspectives in Driving Instructor Education and Driving Schools for Professional Drivers in Norway.- 12. Concluding Remarks.