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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED153913 AUTHOR: Rist, Ray C.
TITLE: On the Education of Guestworker Children in Germany:
A Comparative Study of Policies and Programs in Bavaria and
Berlin.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1978
NOTE: 58 p.; Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the
American Educational Research Association (Toronto,
Ontario, March 27-31, 1978)
ABSTRACT: This paper examines two programs for the
education of immigrant (guestworker) children in Germany.
The Bavarian model bases its program upon the assumption
that most foreign children remain in Germany for only a
short time, eventually returning to their native countries.
Evidence largely discredits this assumption, however.
Though providing options for those foreign children who
speak German, its primary emphasis is upon maintaining
skills in the mother tongue. Immigrant children are given
their own schools and are encouraged to stay there. By
establishing this type of system, Bavaria is perpetuating
the isolation and segregation of its minority population.
Conversely, the Berlin (West) model is aimed at the
integration of the children of the foreign worker as
quickly as possible into the German language classroom. In
contrast to the Bavarian program, the Berlin model tends to
overemphasize integration. Cultural integration is so
strong that no recognition of the national background of
students is tolerated. Consequently, the foreign student
dropout rate is quite high. Both approaches can be
challenged on their basic assumptions and educational
practices since neither acknowledges the multicultural
nature of German society.
(Author/JK)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Academic-Failure; Affirmative-Action;
Biculturalism-; Bilingual-Education; Cultural-Pluralism;
Curriculum-Design; Disadvantaged-; Dropouts-; Educational
Change; Educationally-Disadvantaged; Educational-Needs;
Educational-Philosophy; Educational-Practices; Elementary
Secondary-Education; Foreign-Countries; Foreign-Students;
Foreign-Workers; Migrant-Children; Minority-Group-Children;
Models-; Parent-School-Relationship; Second-Language
Learning; Social-Change; Socialization-; Supplementary
Education; Transitional-Programs
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Comparative-Education; *Educational
Policy; *Educational-Programs; *Immigrants-; *School
Desegregation; *School-Segregation
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