Education expert demands: Integration instead of isolation in schools!

Education expert demands: Integration instead of isolation in schools!

As part of the current educational discussion in Austria, the educational expert Cordula Heckmann, who once headed the Rütli School in Berlin-Neukölln, expresses concerns about the planned introduction of "rehabilitation classes" and German support classes. In an interview, she calls for a clear strategy for the integration of refugee children and adolescents into the school system and emphasizes the need to not ignore challenges such as the shortage of skilled workers and integration problems. "Integration instead of segregation" is its central concern, because isolation can have serious negative effects on refugee children, says Heckmann. This view is strongly questioned by the current approaches of the new Austrian federal government, which has announced the "rehabilitation classes" for "educational children" in its government program. Class = "Source_1"> Dolomitenstadt reports that ...

Heckmann emphasizes that small groups and qualified staff are essential in order to meet the individual needs of students. She demands that teachers are better trained in order to reduce uncertainties and to promote a positive way of dealing with media use, which is also important in view of an announced mobile phone ban. It also advocates a step model for the integration of students without knowledge of German, which has already proven itself in Berlin. Such a model could serve as a valuable guide for the Austrian schools.

Integration strategies and supportive measures

To support the integration process, Heckmann also sees the need for close cooperation with youth welfare offices and parents. The Federal Government's planned development budget to promote problem schools is positively emphasized by it. It continues to call for a three-pillar model for the reform of the education system, which includes child-friendly school management, binding quality standards and cooperation with civil society actors. This is necessary to improve the educational opportunities of all children in the long term, regardless of their socio -economic background.

Another step to improve the situation for refugee children and adolescents is the handout published by the Federal Ministry of Education and Women (BMBF) at the beginning of school, which provides important information for school supervision, headmaster and teachers. These materials clarify the terms "asylum seekers" and "asylum persons" and offer comprehensive data on escape movements, as well as social law information such as the textbook campaign. In addition, the BMBF is reminiscent of the existing support structures such as school psychology and the possibility of further training in the field of political education. bimm describes the measures as central ...

The brochure "Refugee children and young people at Austrian schools" can be requested free of charge from the BMBF, which also supports the efforts to better integrate and promote the necessary sensitivity in schools.