Educational Development Processes of Male Adolescents from Immigrant Families

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Educational Development Processes of Male Adolescents from Immigrant Families. / Zölch, Janina; Koller, Hans Christoph; Carnicer, Javier et al.
In: Journal of Identity and Migration Studies , Vol. 4, No. 2, 2010, p. 44-60.

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title = "Educational Development Processes of Male Adolescents from Immigrant Families",
abstract = "Social class, gender, and migration status notably influence social inequalities inthe German educational system. Empirical studies reveal that especially male students from Turkish immigrant families belong to the most disadvantaged group with regard to educational opportunities. In order to identify causes for this we reconstruct and contrast biographies of successful and less successful educational careers of male adolescents from Turkish immigrant families. Our theoretical framework is based on the assumption that educational careers depend decisively on the way youths master the twofold challenge connected with adolescence and migration. Adolescent detachment processes are conceived as intergenerational occurrences (cf. King 2002), in which the quality of intergenerational family relationships as well as the biographical treatment of a particular migration project on the part of the parents play a significant role.",
keywords = "Educational science, adolescence, male immigrants, education (bildung), intergenerational elationsr, qualitative research",
author = "Janina Z{\"o}lch and Koller, {Hans Christoph} and Javier Carnicer and Elvin Subow and Vera King",
year = "2010",
language = "English",
volume = "4",
pages = "44--60",
journal = "Journal of Identity and Migration Studies ",
issn = "1843-5610",
publisher = "Research Centre on Identity and Migration Issues, University of Oradea",
number = "2",

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Educational Development Processes of Male Adolescents from Immigrant Families

AU - Zölch, Janina

AU - Koller, Hans Christoph

AU - Carnicer, Javier

AU - Subow, Elvin

AU - King, Vera

PY - 2010

Y1 - 2010

N2 - Social class, gender, and migration status notably influence social inequalities inthe German educational system. Empirical studies reveal that especially male students from Turkish immigrant families belong to the most disadvantaged group with regard to educational opportunities. In order to identify causes for this we reconstruct and contrast biographies of successful and less successful educational careers of male adolescents from Turkish immigrant families. Our theoretical framework is based on the assumption that educational careers depend decisively on the way youths master the twofold challenge connected with adolescence and migration. Adolescent detachment processes are conceived as intergenerational occurrences (cf. King 2002), in which the quality of intergenerational family relationships as well as the biographical treatment of a particular migration project on the part of the parents play a significant role.

AB - Social class, gender, and migration status notably influence social inequalities inthe German educational system. Empirical studies reveal that especially male students from Turkish immigrant families belong to the most disadvantaged group with regard to educational opportunities. In order to identify causes for this we reconstruct and contrast biographies of successful and less successful educational careers of male adolescents from Turkish immigrant families. Our theoretical framework is based on the assumption that educational careers depend decisively on the way youths master the twofold challenge connected with adolescence and migration. Adolescent detachment processes are conceived as intergenerational occurrences (cf. King 2002), in which the quality of intergenerational family relationships as well as the biographical treatment of a particular migration project on the part of the parents play a significant role.

KW - Educational science

KW - adolescence

KW - male immigrants

KW - education (bildung)

KW - intergenerational elationsr

KW - qualitative research

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 4

SP - 44

EP - 60

JO - Journal of Identity and Migration Studies

JF - Journal of Identity and Migration Studies

SN - 1843-5610

IS - 2

ER -