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D'hondt, Fanny; Maene, Charlotte; Vervaet, Roselien; Van Houtte, Mieke; Stevens, Peter A. J. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2021
Ethnic discrimination is a serious problem in education. Previous quantitative research is predominately focused on the consequences of ethnic discrimination. Very little is known, however, about the characteristics of the school context that influence the initial experience of ethnic discrimination. This knowledge is essential to support schools…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Social Discrimination, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students
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Vervaet, Roselien; Van Houtte, Mieke; Stevens, Peter A. J. – Teachers College Record, 2018
Background/Context: As a result of migration processes, schools in Flanders (the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium) are notably ethnically diverse. This evolution has coincided with an increasing number of studies focusing on ethnic-minority pupils' experiences of ethnic prejudice from their ethnic majority counterparts. Purpose/Objective/Research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnic Diversity, Secondary School Students, Bias
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Agirdag, Orhan; Van Houtte, Mieke; Van Avermaet, Piet – Urban Education, 2012
The authors examine whether school segregation is related to pupils' global self-esteem and whether this association is mediated by teacher-pupil relationships. Multilevel analyses based on a survey of 2,845 pupils (aged 10 to 12) in 68 primary schools in Belgian urban areas reveal that, for native-Belgian pupils, a higher proportion of immigrants…
Descriptors: Immigrants, School Segregation, Teacher Student Relationship, Urban Areas
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Agirdag, Orhan; Van Houtte, Mieke – Educational Leadership, 2011
Two innovative programs in Belgium promote both educational equity and quality as they reach out to ethnically diverse families. The Bridge Person project in Ghent addresses Belgium's immigrant achievement gap by creating meaningful relationships between schools and socially disadvantaged families. The School in Sight project in Antwerp seeks to…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Equal Education, Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement
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Van Houtte, Mieke; Stevens, Peter A. J. – Sociology of Education, 2009
To advance social integration, policy makers strive for the educational desegregation of immigrant students in Flemish schools. Given the lack of empirical research supporting this policy, this article examines the association between the ethnic composition of schools and native and immigrant students' interethnic friendships, social…
Descriptors: School Segregation, Friendship, Immigrants, Foreign Countries