Conceptualizing School Education Wellbeing for Migrant Girlhood in Germany

Autor/in	Güner, Pinar Burcu
Titel	Conceptualizing School Education Wellbeing for Migrant Girlhood in Germany
Quelle	In: FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 8 (2023) 1, S.1-16 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2326-3873
Schlagwörter	Well Being; Females; Immigrants; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Student Attitudes; Disadvantaged; Ethnicity; Immigration; Pilot Projects; Socioeconomic Status; Personal Narratives; Social Differences; Personal Autonomy; Grounded Theory; Self Concept; Empowerment; Aspiration; Germany; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Weibliches Geschlecht; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Schülerverhalten; Ethnizität; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Erlebniserzählung; Sozialer Unterschied; Individuelle Autonomie; Selbstkonzept; Streben; Deutschland; Türkei
Abstract	The main focus of the study was to explore the experiences of inequalities and the expectations of a good life of girls at the age of 14 to 16 years old from a Turkish background living in Germany. Essentially, the research focused on identifying the gaps and analyzing inequality through girls' interpretation of a good life in Germany. Specifically, this paper will concentrate on the finding "capabilities for other girls". Girls who participated in the interview have experienced exclusion in their everyday life which made them feel other and this paper will highlight what are the valuable capabilities for these girls not too feel other. To find the inequalities in the life of socially vulnerable girls of Turkish origin, this research conceptualized how ethnicity and migration background deprives or enhances the capabilities (opportunities) of 2nd, 3rd and 4th generation Turkish migrant origin girls living in Germany. The data for research was collected in collaboration with schools and youth institutes in the Federal State of North Rhein Westphalia in Germany. A pilot study was conducted to define the research design, research questions, data collection methods and methodology. The pilot study had identified that focus groups provided a rich amount of data but were not enough to analyze the experienced inequalities and the individual agency of the participants. The pilot study revealed that it needed to be triangulated with a socio-economic questionnaire, to be able to report the distribution of the socio-economic backgrounds of the participants among the Turkish immigrant youth. An individual life history interview was used as a method of data collection to analyze how Turkish girls interpreted their feelings of inequality and active agency. As a result of analyzing the pilot data using Grounded Theory methodology, two goals of the research were identified. The first one was to determine how girls of Turkish origin living in Germany developed a positive view of themselves; such as empowerment, agency, emancipation, inspirations and aspirations, as they were challenged at school and in the German society. The second was to ascertain how girls of Turkish origin living in Germany interpreted challenges, at school and in the wider society, to obtaining a good life. I aimed to develop the literature review with concepts derived through the results of the pilot study, because a literature review that has been conducted with the concepts relevant to the objective of the study results in building the background of the research (Hammick, 1996). (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01