Adjusting to Change: School-related Practices and Perceptions in Moldovan and Ukrainian Transnational Families
Adjusting to Change: School-related Practices and Perceptions in Moldovan and Ukrainian Transnational Families
Author(s): Daniela AngiSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Political Sciences, Civil Society, Educational Psychology, Family and social welfare, Migration Studies, Sociology of Education
Published by: Centrul de Studiere a Populaţiei
Keywords: education,;transnational families; labour migration; children; parental absence; Moldova; Ukraine;
Summary/Abstract: This paper discusses parents’ and children’s perspectives on the challenges that parental migration generates for children’s school performance and activities, with a focus on transnational families from the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. The study is based on interviews and focus-groups with children, migrant parents and parents who stayed at home to look after the young ones. Results show that school-related difficulties are sensitive to post-migration circumstances back home, largely derived from the absence of only one or of both parents, while also affirming the overall resilience of children in relation to their education.
Journal: Romanian Journal of Population Studies
- Issue Year: 1/2023
- Issue No: 17
- Page Range: 33-64
- Page Count: 32
- Language: English
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