Abstract
AbstractThis study presents a model for researching the integration of the immigrant population in educational contexts based on a multidisciplinary approach.The Linguistic and Cultural Atlas of Immigration(ALCI) is a working tool designed for teachers who must serve students in their classrooms from languages and cultures other than that of instruction. The information the Atlas contains is the product of various research and documentation projects on the demographic variables of the foreign population located in central Spain, the habits and customs of their culture of origin and important aspects of their native, family or heritage language. The ALCI raises awareness of the results of linguistic and cultural research carried out with the collaboration of the immigrant population (students, their families and other participating adults) and teachers, so that they can be leveraged and employed in the classroom.
Highlights
In recent decades, a variety of initiatives have been undertaken by Spanish educational institutions aimed at integrating immigrants into school contexts
This study presents a model for researching the integration of the immigrant population in educational contexts based on a multidisciplinary approach
Researchers have repeatedly remarked upon the need to appropriately train teachers and professionals who serve the immigrant population that enters the school environments of the Spanish compulsory education system; we have emphasised that this training must be approached from a multidisciplinary perspective that considers the complexity of education today
Summary
A variety of initiatives have been undertaken by Spanish educational institutions aimed at integrating immigrants into school contexts. Teachers who are in charge of sharing classroom experiences with students from different cultures, who know and use different varieties of Spanish and different languages, must be supported by an epistemological framework that combines training content and the results of multidisciplinary research that have been conceived with the common objective of helping achieve immigrant students’ full integration into schools, without disconnecting them from their roots, and without causing them to forget their prior knowledge. This is the fundamental objective of the didactic. Knowledge of the linguistic and cultural background of classmates will be a way to help respect and value diversity and view it as enriching education
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