EDUCAÇÃO PELA INTEGRAÇÃO

Overall objective: To conduct a study to reflect on the Portuguese education system from the perspective of the integration of NPT immigrant children and young people residing in Portugal and asylum seekers, focusing on three interdependent dimensions: linguistic and cultural diversity, Portuguese language teaching, and the impacts of the pandemic.

Specific objectives:

i) Increase knowledge about the integration of NPT immigrant children and young people residing in Portugal and asylum seekers into the Portuguese education system, identify its weaknesses and potential, and present recommendations; ii) Characterise and analyse existing good practices in the Portuguese education system with regard to the integration of NPT immigrant children and young people residing in Portugal and asylum seekers; iii) Analyse the impacts of the pandemic on the educational pathways of immigrant children and young people; iv) Understand families’ responses to the challenges arising from the pandemic context on the learning pathways of their students; v) Reflect on schools’ responses to immigrant students and families in the context of the pandemic; vi) Improve public policy on the integration of NPT immigrant children and young people residing in Portugal and asylum seekers by disseminating the study to policy makers, key actors in the Portuguese education system and the community at large.