Bevándorló gyerekek közoktatásbeli integrációja a befogadó iskola szempontjából
Integration of Immigrant Children into the Public Education System from the Perspective of the Host School

Author(s): Ildikó Schmidt
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Scientia Kiadó
Keywords: immigrant children’s education; integration
Summary/Abstract: The successful integration of immigrant children into the public education system largely depends, on the one hand, on the students’ ability to get the most out of their skills in the course of learning the language, progressing in their subjects, and building their social network, and, on the other hand, on the ability of the school – functioning among many other things as the host community – to accept and support them. Based on the findings of the NyelvEsély project and the case study project of my doctoral dissertation, the present study underlines the significance of social networks, as schools, due to their institutional nature, are the most important environment of children’s social integration. In terms of social influence, the community of the school can be divided into two groups: teachers and other school staff, and students. Interviews with the members of the two groups clearly show certain thematic categories which strongly influence the relationship between immigrant students and the host community, revealing a complementary nature in some cases and causality in others. In addition to the above-mentioned thematic categories, the study also identifies the points of the integration process where supportive programmes could be added to the system at an institutional level to promote a more supportive and inclusive educational system.

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