Migration, Religion and Early Childhood Education

09.06.2020

This publication by Dr. Ednan Aslan, MA from the book series Wiener Beiträge zur Islamforschung [Vienna Contributions to Islam Research] is available from Springer.

 

"Although it is rarely given sufficient consideration in either scholarly or political debates, early childhood education plays a crucial role in the integration process of young immigrants in European countries, since it not only enables the children to be integrated into society, both linguistically and culturally, but it also provides their parents with the opportunity, through their children, to view the society more directly and to reflect on their own values in the encounter, or to potentially seek new orientations. The quality of young migrants’ educational achievements, which have repeatedly caused current political debates in European countries, should not be considered independently of the elementary education measures since they are very closely related."