Evaluation of the Development Project "From Immigrant Dense to International" in Linköping Municipality

Abstract

This study is an evaluation conducted on behalf of the Education Office in Linköping municipality during 2007-2009. The evaluation includes the training project “From Immigrant Dense to International” for teachers employed in elementary and secondary school and was conducted as a process evaluation. The reader can take advantage of the result in the referenced report, which primarily reflects the quality of a training project, but also can be read as examples of teacher´s speach and notions about “multicultural education”, “cultural differences” and “immigrant students”. The reasoning put forward by the evaluation participants are common findings that have been shown and discussed in a number of previous studies focusing on school and ethnic relations. Not least that well-meaning but unthinking inclusive aspirations of the school might lead to stigma and exclusion of students with immigrant backgrounds.

Keywords

Education, Ethnicity, Multiculturalism,

Publications

Gruber, Sabine (2010). Utvärdering av utvecklingsprojektet “Från invandrartätt till internationellt” i Linköpings kommun. Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press