The symposium
The consortium of the European project MiCREATE — Migrant Children and Communities in a Transforming Europe will host a symposium dedicated to explore:
- Policies for the integration of migrant children and youth in educational systems;
- Educational practices to foster migrant children and youth’s wellbeing;
- The social impact of educational integration programmes;
- Emerging approaches and methodologies to study and transform the educational practices for the improvement of migrant children and youth’s education
The symposium will pay special attention to child-centered approaches, the perception and implication of reception communities, transformative practices, teacher’s professional development, and effective policies.
Programme
| Thursday, October 24th, 2019 | |
| 15.00 | Welcome and introduction to the symposium
Representative from Fundació Tàpies Mateja Sedmak Juana M. Sancho |
| 15.30 | The incorporation of students with an immigrant background in schools. Lessons learnt and pending challenges in Catalonia from an international comparative perspective
Keynote Prof. Sílvia Carrasco Pons Presented by Fernando Hernández |
| 16.45 | Break |
| 17.15 | From research to policy and practice
Policy makers panel Coordinated by Gro Hellesdatter Jacobsen Anna Marie Schurmann Carstens Maria Zuber Stanka Lunder Verlič, PhD |
| 18.45 | End of the first day |
| Friday, October 25th, 2019 | |
| 9.30 | MiCREATE’s Child-centered approach
Coordinated by Adam Bulandra Migration Children and Integration in the EU through Education: What do we know so far? Shoba Arun and Gavin Bailey What are the problems? Reception communities in the EU environment Vlasta Jalušič and Veronika Bajt Schools and Community Views of Migrant Children’s Integration Judit Onsès |
| 11.30 | Break |
| 12:00 | Presentation of papers
Coordinated by Judit Onsès Practical issues of integration of refugee children in Slovenian education system Difficulties, tensions and risks in child-centred approach research and practice The child-centred approach of CHILD-UP project Good practices to promote the integration of migrant children in schools. A standard concept?
Coordinated by Paula Lozano Transdisciplinary artistic practices as a transforming method: a way to guarantee the well-being of migrant students Artistic-collaborative projects as a way to promote the well-being of migrant children and as an approach to transform educational practices into meaningful learning Wordless books for classrooms with children and young migrants What Challenges and Opportunities pertain to introducing Philosophy with Children in Schools to foster migrant Children and Youth’s wellbeing?
Coordinated by Marina Riera Native languages as secret languages Children, cross-culturalism and belongingness. A fifth-grade class and their stories on managing multiple senses of belonging Six Cases of Innovative Approaches for integration of migrant children in Spain |
| 13.30 | Break — Places to eat around Fundació Tàpies |
| 15.00 | Presentation of papers
Coordinated by Laura Malinverni Opening up new spaces for language and literacy practices in early childhood education for migrant children The local dimension of children integration in educational system in Poland Refugee hospitality center in athens as a case study: Good (and not-so-good) practices Are Catalan secondary schools confronting xenophobia? Discouraging results from a multilevel analysis of adolescent attitudes toward immigration and diversity
Coordinated by Miguel Stuardo Concha Migrant children at school: A critical analysis of educational language policies and practices in the south of Brazil The Challenges of Integration of Migrant Children in the Slovenian Education System Educational policy in intercultural community contexts
Coordinated by Paula Estalayo A Comprehensive Approach for the Study Socio-Educational Inclusion of Migrant Children in Europe: Immerse Research Project Unresolved Issues in Second Language Learning by Immigrant Students in Spain: Challenges and Opportunities Integration of refugee children in refugee camps, and schools and textbooks in Germany and Turkey. Three case studies of refugee camps and school practices |
| 16.30 | Break |
| 17.00 | Roundtable with schools
Coordinada per Juana M. Sancho Núria Abreu Mercè Miralles Alfons Espinosa |
| 18.30 | Wrap up
Barbara Gornik Fernando Hernández |
| 19.00 | End of the second day |
Call for papers
Interested scholars and practitioners are invited to submit papers related to the aims of the symposium.
Abstracts should be sent in a text document to info@micreate.eu, together with contact details for the author(s) and a brief mention of the author(s) affiliation.
Abstracts should not exceed 500 words (excluding references) and should clearly communicate the key points and conclusions of the paper, indicating the methodology, theoretical framework and the relationship to the call.
Template for papers
Deadlines:
August 15th, 2019
September 1st, 2019
December 1st, 2019
Registration
You can use the following form to register for the symposium:
Registration form
Or you can fill in the following form:
Carrer d’Aragó, 255,
08007 Barcelona
Scientific Committee
- Mateja Sedmak (ZRS)
- Juana M. Sancho (UB)
- Ayse Dursun (UW)
- Gro Hellesdatter Jacobsen (SDU)
- Shoba Arun (MMU)
- Adam Bulandra (IPL)
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