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Melissa Tham; Elizabeth Knight – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2024
Accessing high-quality career development to support successful transitions into post-compulsory education and employment can be a challenge for newly arrived students of refugee and migrant backgrounds. In Australia, not-for-profit organisations provide career guidance to students within schools that enrol refugee and migrant families. Through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Migrants, Refugees, Migrant Education
Angelova, Iva – Commission for International Adult Education, 2016
This paper focuses on job transitions and professional development of immigrants in the United States. Using narrative as a method and exploring Bulgarian immigrants' personal experience stories, this report shares some of the findings from the author's dissertation. Upon coming to the United States, the Bulgarian immigrants experienced a…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Migrant Education, Professional Development, Career Development
Beicht, Ursula; Walden, Günter – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2017
The topic of the present paper is how successful young people from a migration background in Germany are in making the transition to initial vocational education and training (VET). Particular emphasis is placed on interactions with social origin and gender. The analyses are based on the 2011 BIBB Transitional Study, a representative survey of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Migrant Education, Transitional Programs
Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2017
This scoping paper explores the experiences of overseas students from Nigeria studying in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the United Kingdom. It considers the context for these students and some of the particular pressures and challenges they experience in making the transition from education in Nigeria to achieving academic success and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Creative Activities, Integrated Activities, Art Activities
Norberg, Katarina – International Journal of Educational Management, 2017
Purpose: Migration to Sweden dramatically increased in 2015 and challenged the reception system at all levels and societal institutions, one of which was the school. As a response to the lack of a comprehensive educational strategy for newly arrived students, new regulations were passed in January 2016, the purpose of which was to guarantee equity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Administration, Migration, Immigration
Tekle, Tesfu; Njihia, Mukirae; Ogeta, Norbert; Habtu, Michael – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Background: Education in Eritrea is a fundamental right of every person. Therefore, ensuring equal and equitable educational opportunities for every citizen is essential for upward mobility. However, enrolment in areas inhabited by the nomadic groups is far less from the national average. To boost enrolment among the nomads and to meet the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Middle Schools, Access to Education
Taylor, Sandra; Sidhu, Ravinder Kaur – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2012
The worldwide rise in numbers of refugees and asylum seekers suggests the need to examine the practices of those institutions charged with their resettlement in host countries. In this paper, we investigate the role of one important institution--schooling--and its contribution to the successful resettlement of refugee children. We begin with an…
Descriptors: Youth, Refugees, Inclusion, Migrant Children
Brinch, Christian N.; Bratsberg, Bernt; Raaum, Oddbjorn – Education Economics, 2012
The national Norwegian school reform of 1994, which gave students statutory rights to at least 3 years of upper secondary education, had a significant impact on educational attainment among immigrant youth. In particular, we find that the immigrant transition rate from compulsory schooling to completion of the first year of upper secondary…
Descriptors: Evidence, Immigrants, Educational Attainment, Disadvantaged
Ferfolja, Tania; Vickers, Margaret – Critical Studies in Education, 2010
Rarely do refugee students entering Australian schools possess the multiple forms of social, linguistic and cultural capital that are taken for granted in mainstream classrooms. While refugees of high-school age are assisted initially through Intensive English Centres (IECs), the transition from IECs to mainstream classrooms presents substantial…
Descriptors: Refugees, Secondary School Students, Transitional Programs, Student Adjustment
Yeshi, Tenzin – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Generally, the Global Tibetan Professional Network of North America (GTPN-NA) considers lack of skills a problem among adult Tibetan immigrants. The GTPN-NA is a non-profit, volunteer-based networking forum focusing on Tibetan professionals and students from North America. By skills education, it means skills that may help support the transition…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Migrant Education, Skill Development, Adult Education
Wrigley, Heide Spruck – Centre for Literacy, 2008
In this paper, the author would like to put forward a number of issues to think about and discuss. At the same time, she argues for a better articulated system that more closely matches the needs and goals of various subgroups of English language learners. Adult ESL programs serve diverse immigrant populations with different needs and goals. A…
Descriptors: Literacy, Adult Literacy, English Language Learners, Immigrants