Essays about: "immigrant students"

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  1. 1. The Making of My Own Future : Student-centred education for African adult students in a CPIA in Verona, Italy

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Nadia Ricci; [2024]
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    Abstract : With the institution of Provincial Centres for Adults’ Education in 2015, Italy has created a new system for adults’ and especially adult migrants’ education, responding to the needs for language alphabetization, higher education for immigrants, and a response to scholastic dispersion. These Centres offer courses for the obtainment of middle school and high school diplomas, and certifications for language proficiency following the regulations of CEFR. READ MORE

  3. 2. Elite Education for the People? : Nuances of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program in Polish High Schools

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Paulina Kucharska; [2023]
    Keywords : Public Education; International Baccalaureate; IB; Internationalization of Education; Educational Trajectories; Educational Strategies; Symbolic Capital;

    Abstract : The International Baccalaureate (IB), a private curriculum associated largely with exclusive education for transnationally mobile upper classes, has recently began to quietly enter public, national education systems, offering its alternative, elite schooling in tuition-free state institutions. This paper explores the nuanced case of Poland, where IB diploma program is offered as one of the tracks within state schools, existing side-by-side and competing with the national curriculum. READ MORE

  4. 3. Equally non-native? : Investigating the attitudes of Swedish students towards Swedish and Arabic L2 English speakers

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Alva Liljegren; [2023]
    Keywords : Language attitudes; Verbal guise; ELF; ELT; World Englishes; Sweden.;

    Abstract : The increasing use of English as a lingua franca has led to the emergence of many nonnative varieties, but research indicates that despite the efforts of disciplines such as World Englishes and ELF to elevate the status of these varieties, speakers of native varieties are still valued higher by listeners all over the world. However, few studies have attempted to compare non-native varieties to each other without the presence of a contrasting native variety. READ MORE

  5. 4. Finding Home in Nature: Nature's Role in Immigrant Weelbeing

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring och turismvetenskap (MTS)

    Author : Sehrish Jabeen; [2023]
    Keywords : Immigrant Students; Outdoor Recreation; Biophilia Hypothesis; Nature Connection; Wellbeing; Attention Restoration Theory ART ;

    Abstract : It has been observed in the past few years that a large number of migrants have arrived in Europe. The number of international students who come to Sweden each year is one of the most overlooked groups of immigrants. The immigrant students are experiencing difficulties in their health and wellbeing due to new country settlement challenges. READ MORE

  6. 5. Why Second Generation Students Academically Outperform Third Plus Generations : The Impact of Immigrant Optimism and Risk Aversion of Academic Achievement in the Greater Toronto Area

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Caroline Drag; [2022]
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