1st Edition

Promoting Inclusive Systems for Migrants in Education

238 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This novel contribution examines the lived experiences of migrants in education in various international contexts, exploring common school system features that promote students’ inclusion and challenge their exclusion. With a range of international contributions and case studies from Canada, the US, Hong Kong, Japan and Europe, the book offers critical, theoretically innovative understandings... Read more

Part 1 Theoretical Interrogations of Inclusive Systems, Critical Race Theory, Critical Space Theory and Superdiversity for Supporting Migrants in Education

 

Chapter 1. Editors’ Introduction Promoting Inclusive Systems for Migrants in Education

Paul Downes, Alireza Behtoui, Lore Van Praag, and Jim Anderson

 

Chapter 2. Beyond Imperialistic Borders and Family Separation in the United States as Stock Story: Toward an Expansive Politics of Belonging for Migrants and Immigrants

Mariana Souto-Manning

 

Part 2 Inclusive Systems for Superdiversity, Lived Experiences and Voices of Migrants and Families

 

Chapter 3 Towards an Inclusive Language Education System in the Age of Superdiversity: Parents’ and Teachers’ Perspectives and Practices of Supporting Bilingualism for Chinese-Canadian Children

Guofang Li and Zhen Lin

 

Chapter 4 Promoting More Equitable Post-School Transitions: Learning from the Experiences of Migrant Youth in England

Charlotte McPherson, Sait Bayrakdar, Alice Weavers, Sharon Gewirtz, Meg Maguire, Christopher Winch, and Andrea Laczik

 

Chapter 5 Descendants of Migrants in Swedish Segregated Schools

Alireza Behtoui and Isabella Strömberg

 

Chapter 6 Teachers’ narrations on working with refugee youth in a smaller center in Canada

Xuemei Li and Hua Que 

 

Chapter 7 Becoming Japanese (Only) in Transnational Spaces and Systems: A Narrative Inquiry of Familial Language Ideology of Japanese-Vietnamese Mixed-Heritage Students

Sonoka Inomoto, Yumi Sugihara & Guofang Li

 

Part 3 Initial Teacher Education Reform to Promote Inclusive Systems in Education

 

Chapter 8 Creating Pathways for Cultural Inclusion: Informal Learning and Teacher Education in Hong Kong

Jan Gube, Ngok Cheng Chan, Daphnee Lee, Kerry J. Kennedy, and Miron Bhowmik

 

Chapter 9 Young Europeans’ Constructions and Discussions of Migrancy and Racism

Thomas Loughran, Alistair Ross, and Julie Spinthourakis

Chapter 10 Editors’ Conclusion: Multidimensional Issues of Agency and Relational Space for Migrants for Inclusive Systems in Education and Beyond

Paul Downes, Lore Van Praag, Jim Anderson, and Alireza Behtoui

Biography

Paul Downes is a Professor of Psychology of Education, and director of Educational Disadvantage Centre, Institute of Education, Dublin City University, Ireland.

Jim Anderson is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of British Columbia, Canada.

Alireza Behtoui is a Professor of Sociology, and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Södertörn University, Sweden.

Lore Van Praag is an Assistant Professor in Sociology, Erasmus School for Social and Behavioral Sciences, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Netherlands.