Abstract

CANO-HILA, Ana Belén; SANCHEZ-MARTI, Angelina  and  MASSOT-LAFON, María Inés. Risk and protection factors in academic careers: Voices and views of immigrant students in the metropolitan area of Barcelona, Spain. Rev.latinoam.cienc.soc.niñez juv [online]. 2016, vol.14, n.2, pp.1371-1387. ISSN 1692-715X.  https://doi.org/10.11600/1692715x.14233290415.

This article analyses the perceptions of students from immigrant families regarding the risk and protective factors that promote academic continuity in the high-risk transition from compulsory secondary education (ESO) to post-compulsory education (PO). This analysis is part of a larger longitudinal study and is currently in its final phase involving focus groups and semistructured interviews with young people that remained in education were held. Results have showed that young people that achieve successful academic pathways live in multicultural accommodation that have resulted from the combination of several key factors of protection: family support, peer and community support; family members that have encouraged them to continue with their education (especially mothers); the ability to overcome difficulties; and, the fact that families and teachers understand the difficulties involving the simultaneous transitions experienced by immigrant students.

Keywords : Immigrant students; academic outcomes; learning difficulties; academic paths.

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