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Project

The determinants of educational success of migrant adolescents in Flemish schools: an ethnographic study
Code
3F009809
Duration
01 October 2009 → 30 September 2013
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Applied sociology
    • Policy and administration
    • Social psychology
    • Social stratification
    • Social theory and sociological methods
    • Sociology of life course, family and health
    • Other sociology
    • Other sociology
    • Other anthropology
Keywords
education social inequality migrant adolescents
 
Project description

The processes and factors that cause some migrants adolescents to have more eductional success will be studied in a Flemish context. More attention will be paid to processes of school selection, differentiation and support, and the characteristics of the relationships between pupils and their teachers, family, friends and neighbourhood.