ERIC Number: ED539322
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 12
Abstractor: ERIC
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Integrating Immigrant Children into Schools in Europe: Finland--National Description 2003-04
Eurydice
The national contributions contained in this paper and on the Eurydice website formed the basis for the comparative study on the integration at school of immigrant children in Europe. Each contribution has exactly the same structure with four main sections entitled as follows: (1) National definitions and demographic context of immigration; (2) Measures offering school-based support to immigrant children and their families; (3) Intercultural approaches in education; and (4) Evaluation, pilot projects, debates and forthcoming reforms. This paper focuses on the integration at school of immigrant children in Finland. Country of origin for immigrants in Finland 1990-2002 is appended. (Contains 2 figures and 4 footnotes.) [CD-ROM is not included with this publication. For the main report, "Integrating Immigrant Children into Schools in Europe: Measures to Foster Communication with Immigrant Families and Heritage Language Teaching for Immigrant Children," see ED539128.]
Descriptors: Immigrants, Pilot Projects, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Refugees, Minority Groups, Swedish, Finno Ugric Languages, Statistical Data, Migrant Children, Social Integration, Heritage Education, Native Language Instruction, Second Language Instruction, Multicultural Education, Educational Opportunities, Elementary Secondary Education, Preschool Education, Educational Policy, Second Language Learning, Family School Relationship, Religion, Academic Support Services, Program Evaluation, Civil Rights
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Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Eurydice
Identifiers - Location: Finland
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