Diversity in School Trajectories of Immigrant Students

This article aims to analyze the school careers of immigrant students and determine to what extent some sociodemographic variables (gender, origin, length of stay in Spain or mother tongue) affect these careers. From a study involving 172 students (52.3 % female, 47.6 % male) aged between 6 and 16...

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Main Author: Rosa M. Rodríguez-Izquierdo
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Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2022-08-01
Series:Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales
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Online Access:https://www.journals.unam.mx/index.php/rmcpys/article/view/77587
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description This article aims to analyze the school careers of immigrant students and determine to what extent some sociodemographic variables (gender, origin, length of stay in Spain or mother tongue) affect these careers. From a study involving 172 students (52.3 % female, 47.6 % male) aged between 6 and 16 years (M= 12.6; SD = .79) we analyze four aspects: 1) the mobility of the centers through which these students traversed, 2) the suitability rate or the grade in which they have attended school and its relationship with chronological age, 3) the grade repetition rate, and 4) the graduation rate or the higher grade they achieve in their schooling. The results indicate the diversity of school trajectories and that these are related to variables such as gender and mother tongue. Finally, some practical implications to improve the successful schooling of immigrant students are discussed.
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spelling doaj-art-5914cc91ffc04fb3a77ae769c8a267cf2025-08-20T03:22:30ZengUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoRevista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales0185-19182448-492X2022-08-016724610.22201/fcpys.2448492xe.2022.246.77587Diversity in School Trajectories of Immigrant StudentsRosa M. Rodríguez-Izquierdo0Universidad Pablo de Olavide (UPO) This article aims to analyze the school careers of immigrant students and determine to what extent some sociodemographic variables (gender, origin, length of stay in Spain or mother tongue) affect these careers. From a study involving 172 students (52.3 % female, 47.6 % male) aged between 6 and 16 years (M= 12.6; SD = .79) we analyze four aspects: 1) the mobility of the centers through which these students traversed, 2) the suitability rate or the grade in which they have attended school and its relationship with chronological age, 3) the grade repetition rate, and 4) the graduation rate or the higher grade they achieve in their schooling. The results indicate the diversity of school trajectories and that these are related to variables such as gender and mother tongue. Finally, some practical implications to improve the successful schooling of immigrant students are discussed. https://www.journals.unam.mx/index.php/rmcpys/article/view/77587educational trajectoriesmigrant studentslength of staymother tonguegender.
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Diversity in School Trajectories of Immigrant Students
Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales
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migrant students
length of stay
mother tongue
gender.
title Diversity in School Trajectories of Immigrant Students
title_full Diversity in School Trajectories of Immigrant Students
title_fullStr Diversity in School Trajectories of Immigrant Students
title_full_unstemmed Diversity in School Trajectories of Immigrant Students
title_short Diversity in School Trajectories of Immigrant Students
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topic educational trajectories
migrant students
length of stay
mother tongue
gender.
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