Acerca de las relaciones entre escuela e inmigración

The article reviews some aspects of the relationship between school education and immigration. First, we offer a descriptive analysis of the characteristics of immigration in its relation to the information society and its educational consequences. We then review previous work on foreign children an...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Vila, Ignasi
Format: Article
Publication date:2006
Country:España
Institution:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repository:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/3635
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/3635
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Bilingüisme
Infants immigrants -- Educació
Llengua segona -- Adquisició
Bilingualism
Immigrant children -- Education
Second language acquisition
Description
Summary:The article reviews some aspects of the relationship between school education and immigration. First, we offer a descriptive analysis of the characteristics of immigration in its relation to the information society and its educational consequences. We then review previous work on foreign children and adolescents’ academic achievement, placing special emphasis on the linguistic factor as an explanatory source for this achievement. We also present some research which aims at unveiling the factors which influence foreign students’ learning of the school language. Finally, we offer several criteria to successfully face the relationship between schooling and immigration