A Social Survey on Refugees in and Around Vienna in Fall 2015: Methodological Approach and Field Observations

Kohlenberger, Judith; Buber-Ennser, Isabella; Rengs, Bernhard; Zalak, Zakarya Al

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“…Being forced into a new country of residence often equals being forced into either a poorly paid auxiliary job or a series of further time-consuming and intense academic training programmes. With reference to Buber-Ennser et al (2016) and Kohlenberger et al (2017), this challenge applies not only to internationally trained teachers, but to all internationally educated academics. This points to the need to address broader underlying socio-political questions related to acclaiming or even welcoming transnational qualifications.…”

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‘First and foremost, we are teachers, not refugees’: Requalification measures for internationally trained teachers affected by forced migration

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Pellech

Obermayr

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European Educational Research Journal

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This article looks deeper into the educational careers and barriers faced by internationally trained teachers with refugee backgrounds. Highly skilled teachers experience among others formal barriers due to the two-subject regime in Austria. This study analyses the barriers and measures that disable or enable the re-qualification of internationally trained teachers who wish to continue their profession in Austria. Guided by a participatory approach laid out by Von Unger in 2014, this study taps into the needs of teaching professionals with refugee backgrounds and led to the development and implementation of a course. The course was compiled to provide educational knowledge as well as pedagogical training. Even though the completed subject of internationally trained teachers was recognised (apart from courses concerning didactics), the fulfilment of regular teacher training in Austria is seen as a conditio sine qua non. Hence, teachers with a different formal-educational background, irrespective of professional expertise, are seen as lacking education and/or skills. Considering that there is no worldwide consensus regarding the content and structure of teacher education, the implication of a lack of skills as well as the need for bridging programmes will be critically discussed from the participants’ perspectives. This article offers insight into the transcultural implications of professionalism.

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‘First and foremost, we are teachers, not refugees’: Requalification measures for internationally trained teachers affected by forced migration

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Pellech

Obermayr

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European Educational Research Journal

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Addressing the Health Problems After Immigration Faced by the Marshallese in Springdale, Arkansas: Lessons Learned from the City of Vienna

Fujikura¹,

Nakayama²,

McClain³

et al. 2019

JDR

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More than 10,000 people have migrated from the Republic of the Marshall Islands to Springdale, Arkansas in the United States. That number is increasing. The Marshallese living in Springdale are not effectively integrated into the host society. Many Marshallese are mentally stressed not only in their home country, but in Springdale as well. This problem will be alleviated if those in Springdale are well-integrated into the host society. The city of Vienna, Austria, has a history of accepting large numbers of immigrants. In this study, we analyzed the experience of integration in the city of Vienna and examined ways in which this can be applied to the situation in Springdale. Many Marshallese make few preparations for migration to the United States; this becomes an obstacle when they start residing there. Vienna Start Coaching, implemented by the City of Vienna, is a mechanism providing the information that is needed by foreigners when they arrive at the city. The city of Vienna has many therapists to provide mental health care for immigrants and citizens. This is to ensure the possibility of having people who can listen to them in their native language. Moreover, the city offers German language courses to immigrants. Provision of more English language education could facilitate their integration with the host community.

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Introduction to the Special Issue on “Family migration processes in a comparative perspective”

Aybek¹,

Milewski²

2019

JFamRes

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This paper provides an introduction to this Special Issue on “Family migration processes in a comparative perspective”. Following an introduction to the topic, we provide summaries of the papers in this Special Issue and discuss afterwards some overarching theoretical perspectives. This Special Issue contains papers that explore how family lives and intimate relationships are constituted and re-constituted under conditions of transnationality. The authors of the contributing papers, although they have followed very different theoretical and methodological paths, underscore the effect of conducting and facilitating family life and couple relationships during or after an international migration process. They show that the couples and multigenerational families in transnational contexts are constantly undergoing processes of constitution, negotiation, and reconstitution. We conclude that future research should shift from focusing solely on the individual to examining couples and families, and it should adopt dynamic, rather than static perspectives when studying family migration.

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A Social Survey on Refugees in and Around Vienna in Fall 2015: Methodological Approach and Field Observations

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‘First and foremost, we are teachers, not refugees’: Requalification measures for internationally trained teachers affected by forced migration

‘First and foremost, we are teachers, not refugees’: Requalification measures for internationally trained teachers affected by forced migration

Addressing the Health Problems After Immigration Faced by the Marshallese in Springdale, Arkansas: Lessons Learned from the City of Vienna

Introduction to the Special Issue on “Family migration processes in a comparative perspective”

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