Informal learning processes of migrants in the civil society: a transnational perspective.

Autor/in	Alenius, Pauliina
Titel	Informal learning processes of migrants in the civil society: a transnational perspective.
Quelle	In: European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, 7 (2016) 1, S. 41-55Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2000-7426
URN	urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-120139
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Interview; Informelle Bildung; Informelles Lernen; Lernprozess; Migration; Migrationsforschung; Migrationspolitik; Partizipation; Soziales Engagement; Transnationale Beziehungen; Erwachsenenbildung; Informelle Gruppe; Estland; Finnland
Abstract	The aim of the article is to examine the informal learning processes of migrants particularly in relation to their social engagements in associations, informal groups and transnational networks in the Estonia-Finland space. The theoretical framework relates to socio-cultural, situated learning tradition as well as transnational migration studies. In educational research, transnational perspectives are still relatively new and little explored. The research data (98 interviews) were analysed following theoryguided content analysis. Diverse learning trajectories in relation to the informants' associational engagement were identified. Engagement in various social groups in transnational environments had widened the informants' perspectives and understanding, enabling them to explore differences in societal conceptions and practices. Some of the informants had been acting as transnational brokers, conveying conceptions and practices between communities across national borders. There is a need to examine migrants' learning trajectories in relation to their social engagements not only in the country of settlement but also in transnational spaces. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2016/3