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School Practices to Involve Parents in the Integration of Newly Arrived Migrant Students

Borg-Axisa, Glorianne, Meehan, Amalee orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-1303-6040, Roman, Monica orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-9347-0639, Štuopytė, Edita, Bäckström, Barbara orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-5844-3854 and Ergünay, Onur (2024) School Practices to Involve Parents in the Integration of Newly Arrived Migrant Students. In: Fandrem, Hildegunn and O'Higgins Norman, James, (eds.) International Perspectives on Migration, Bullying, and School. Routledge, London, pp. 71-89. ISBN 9781003439202

Abstract
Although education remains a key factor in receiving and integrating Newly Arrived Migrant Students (NAMS), local school practices differ among countries. This is particularly true regarding practices that schools adopt to involve parents of NAMS in the integration of their children into the school system. Literature in the field suggests that the more involved parents are in school life, the more successful integration is. However, school practices to involve parents are under-represented in this literature. In an attempt to fill this gap, this chapter investigates school practices regarding NAMS parental involvement within the specific national contexts.These contexts are representative of a large multinational European project on receiving Newly Arrived Migrant Students (NAMS) in European countries such as Ireland, Lithuania, Malta, Portugal, Romania and Turkey. Using Bronfenbrenner’s ecological system model, the results imply that the mesosystem between the school and the family is clearly influenced by the exosystem, through top level policies. The findings suggest that there are many initiatives and effective practices at both top level and local level initiatives, which implies adopting a whole education approach perspective on each site. It appears that these initiatives and practices meet with varying degrees of success in inclusion of NAMS. The findings also suggest that the issue is larger than parental involvement; school practices and top level policies may need to give further consideration to dimensions such as wider school family relationships and the role of community.
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Item Type:Book Section
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Behavioral Sciences, Education, Politics & International Relations, Social Sciences
Subjects:Social Sciences > Education
Social Sciences > Multiculturalism
Social Sciences > Teaching
Social Sciences > Migration
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Institute of Education > School of Human Development
Publisher:Routledge
Official URL:https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9...
Copyright Information:Authors
ID Code:31241
Deposited On:16 Jul 2025 10:33 by Tom Feeney . Last Modified 16 Jul 2025 10:33
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