Jugendliche mit Migrationshintergrund sind in widersprüchlicher Weise mit gesellschaftlichen Integrationsanforderungen und Ausgrenzungsprozessen konfrontiert. Dies zeigt sich insbesondere in den lebenslaufstrukturierenden Bereichen der schulischen und beruflichen Bildung. Im Mittelpunkt der Beiträge stehen die subjektiven Orientierungen und Zukunftsperspektiven von Jugendlichen mit Migrationshintergrund.

Migrants and minorities are always at risk of being caught in essentialized cultural definitions and being denied the right to express their cultural preferences because they are perceived as threats to social cohesion. Migrants and minorities respond to these difficulties in multiple ways — as active agents in the pedagogical, political, social, and scientific processes that position them in this or that cultural sphere. On the one hand, they reject ascribed cultural attributes while striving towards integration in a variety of social spheres, e.g. school and workplace, in order to achieve social mobility. On the other hand, they articulate demands for cultural self-determination. This discursive duality is met with suspicion by the majority culture. For societies with high levels of migration or with substantial minority cultures, questions related to the meaning of cultural heterogeneity and the social and cultural limits of learning and communication (e.g. migration education or critical multiculturalism) are very important. It is precisely here where the chances for new beginnings and new trials become of great importance for educational theorizing, which urgently needs to find answers to current questions about individual freedom, community/cultural affiliations, and social and democratic cohesion. Answers to these questions must account for both ‘political’ and ‘learning’ perspectives at the macro, mezzo, and micro contextual levels. The contributions of this edited volume enhance the knowledge in the field of migrant/minority education, with a special emphasis on the meaning of culture and social learning for educational processes.

Jugendliche mit Migrationshintergrund sind in widersprüchlicher Weise mit gesellschaftlichen Integrationsanforderungen und Ausgrenzungsprozessen konfrontiert. Dies zeigt sich insbesondere in den lebenslaufstrukturierenden Bereichen der schulischen und beruflichen Bildung. Im Mittelpunkt der Beiträge stehen die subjektiven Orientierungen und Zukunftsperspektiven von Jugendlichen mit Migrationshintergrund.

This book offers an evocative cross-cultural exploration into the everyday lives and music practices of young people from their own broad social, cultural and ethnic perspectives. Youth from seven urban locales in Australia, the UK, the US and Europe document and reflect on their own learning processes and music activities.

Hauptbeschreibung Linguistic autonomy, assured internationally to ethnic minorities, has succeeded, above all, in Europe, yet is nowhere near passing its acid test in other parts of the world. Examples show that it is not only a question of linguistic autonomy, but of ethnic and religious conflicts, which are simmering in the foreground. Hence, there are reasons for doubting whether international agreements designed to guarantee linguistic autonomy can solve these conflicts. The protection of indigenous languages is justified largely by the principle of diversity and is de.