The Socio-Educational Adaptation of Secondary School Migrant Students in Sicily: Migrant Generation, School Linguistic Mediation and Teacher Proactivity Factors

José Juan Carrión-Martínez, Stefania Ciaccio, María del Mar Fernández-Martínez, Carmen María Hernández-Garre and María Dolores Pérez-Esteban
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José Juan Carrión-Martínez: Department of Education, University of Almería, 04120 Almeria, Spain
Stefania Ciaccio: IPSSAR Pietro Piazza, 92019 Sciacca, Italy
María del Mar Fernández-Martínez: Department of Sociology, Social Work and Public Health, University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain
Carmen María Hernández-Garre: Department of Education, University of Almería, 04120 Almeria, Spain
María Dolores Pérez-Esteban: Department of Education, University of Almería, 04120 Almeria, Spain

Social Sciences, 2021, vol. 10, issue 7, 1-13

Abstract: This study aims to analyze the implications of linguistic mediation processes and educational proactivity in schools for the socio-educational adaptation of immigrant students. The study is based on empirical research and the perspectives of the main actors: the immigrant students themselves. To this end, a non-experimental and descriptive quantitative methodology was used. The sample consisted of 100 students of foreign origin enrolled in an Italian school located in a typical socio-cultural environment. The results show significant differences in linguistic mediation and socio-educational variables and differences in expectations of progress and social adaptation of students born outside Italy vis-a-vis students who, although born in Italy, are still considered foreigners. It will also analyze teaching proactivity as a communication facilitator for first-generation immigrant pupils born outside Italy. In conclusion, it is noted that, to favor multicultural environments where all students, regardless of their origin, feel accepted, integrated, and welcomed, it is necessary to utilize all available resources to promote improvements in teaching-learning processes and strengthen social relations.

Keywords: immigrant students; socio-educational adaptation; linguistic mediation; teacher proactivity; secondary education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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