Abstract
Resilient students—those who succeed at school despite a disadvantaged
immigrant background—are a common feature in educational systems
(OECD 2011); nevertheless, scholars and policy-makers have focused
more on the failure of immigrant-origin students rather than their
educational success. The chapter offers a review of the main sociological
studies that deal with this new topic in the field of migration studies in the
US and Europe. These studies explore the upward mobility of an
upcoming élite of descendants of migrants, highlighting the fact that the
educational success of immigrant students questions the traditional
explanations of educational inequality based on family background and the
inheritance of social disadvantage from one generation to another.
Lingua originale | English |
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Titolo della pubblicazione ospite | The Multi(inter)cultural School in Inclusive Societies? A Composite Overview of European Countries |
Editor | Gamuzza A., Leonora A., Gogacz A.K. Daher L. |
Pagine | 121-146 |
Numero di pagine | 26 |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2019 |
Keywords
- educational disadvantages
- resilient students with an immigrant background