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12. Education of Refugee-background Youth in Germany: Systemic Barriers to Equitable Participation in the Vocational Education System

  • Germany received around 300,000 refugee newcomers ages 16–25 in 2015. Educational participation is a key process for the integration of these young people. This is especially true for the German vocational education and training (VET) system that provides opportunities for a fast and successful transition into the labor market. The few extant studies on migrant students in Germany have shown considerable problems in achieving educational equity. Based on the theoretical assumption that systemic discrimination creates important barriers to educational equity, we investigate how institutional and systemic factors infl uence the educational participation of refugee-background youth and how these youth cope with such barriers. Using a two-case study in the cities of Hamburg and Munich, we performed a meta-analysis of research reports, complemented by secondary analysis of primary data. Results show institutional barriers in both the education and asylum systems, and that youth cope with these barriers through high educational aspirations.

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Author:Philip AndersonGND, Annette Korntheuer, Maren Gag, Joachim Schroeder
DOI:https://doi.org/10.21832/9781783099986-017
ISBN:9781783099986
Parent Title (English):Educating Refugee-background Students : Critical Issues and Dynamic Contexts
Publisher:Multilingual Matters
Place of publication:Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit
Editor:Shawna Shapiro, Raichle Farrelly
Document Type:Part of a Book
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2018
Release Date:2022/06/08
First Page:191
Last Page:207
Institutes:Fakultät Angewandte Sozial- und Gesundheitswissenschaften
research focus:Lebenswissenschaften und Ethik
Licence (German):Keine Lizenz - Es gilt das deutsche Urheberrecht: § 53 UrhG