With the seemingly unending violence going on in the Middle East-- pa;estine, Syria, Iraq-- there is bound to be a massive dislocatioon and migration. while the major focus now seems to be on social infrastructure etc, it seems to me that we must now seriously renovating our theories of migrant curriculum development and pedagogy-- if there is indeed anything out there. There is an assumption that migrant children will simply and smoothly fit into the educational system of whatever country they relocate to. My own analysis of what goes on in the UK is that it is not so simple and failure rate, at least at the beginning can be disproportionate amongs this group. So, is there anything happening out there about an innovative framework for migrant education curriculum development or is anypne working in that area at the moment?
Dear Gordon,
Roskilde University, Denmark has an ongoing project.
International Centre for Migration Policy Development http://www.icmpd.org/ has some on going projects.
Also International Organization for Migration has some projects.
http://www.iom.int/cms/en/sites/iom/home.html
Second language acquisition research might benefit those who develop the curriculum for migrant education and teachers who teach immigrants students. I have read the book "second language learning and language teaching" by Vivian Cook which can contribute to specialized aspects of teachers training.
Hello Gordon,
It seems to me your are describing a migration that may be of some time or even relocation meaning some stability of location (I know all the other issues). In California there has been a migrant workers program (MEP) in education for many years. However, it is designed for focused migrant workers who move up and down the west coast yearly, from San Diego to Washington State. This model (I apologize) but I just cannot at this moment remember (Beth Velasquez I think) the name but received very good reports sense its unveiling 20 years ago. It is designed to follow the families on their yearly journey and the information is uploaded so their next stop the school system has the most current information possible along with teachers notes as to where the child is within a week or so.
I suggest you look into the Pajaro Valley School Dist. which where it was first rolled out. I know of this program because I lived 10 miles away in Santa Cruz. but that was many fortnights ago.
I hope this help
Douglas
Hi Gordon,
here are the publications on your topic:
curriculum development for migrants: http://rucforsk.ruc.dk/site/en/projects/eu-erasmus-pensum-udviklingsprojekt-sundhed-og-socialomsorg-for-migranter-og-minoriteter(362b897a-1fad-465f-9f63-ff18e6a2ec38).html
http://www.oph.fi/download/140755_national_core_curriculum_for_integration_training_for_adult_immigrants_2012.pdf
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