The purpose of our study is to conduct a systematic review of the research conducted on immigrant students in the school context in Spain from 2000 to 2020 contained in the SCOPUS and Web of Science databases. Our intention is to analyse the arc of Spanish research on immigration and school over these years. To do so, we have evaluated the emerging topics through content analysis, organizing the studies found according to the topics they discuss:(1) the social construction of immigrant students; (2) schooling processes; (3) educational measures at school; (4) teachers; ( 5) managing multilingualism at school; (6) the process of adapting to school and society; (7) family and school; (8) educational trajectories and school success; and (9) relations between educational policies and practices. The analysis helps us to understand the situation of educational research in this field, as well as to identify the challenges still pending which may guide both future studies and school practices in order to contribute to the real educational inclusion of these students. RESUMENEl propósito de nuestro trabajo es hacer una revisión sistematizada de las investigaciones realizadas sobre el alumnado inmigrante en el contexto escolar en España, desde el año 2000 hasta 2020 y recogidas en las bases de datos SCOPUS y Web of Science. Nuestra intención es analizar la trayectoria de la investigación española sobre inmigración y escuela en estos años. Para ello, hemos evaluado las temáticas emergentes a través del análisis de contenido, organizando los trabajos encontrados según las materias tratadas en ellos: (1) la construcción social del alumnado inmigrante; (2) los procesos de escolarización; (3) las medidas educativas en la escuela; (4) el profesorado; (5) la gestión del multilingüismo en el centro (6) el proceso de adaptación a la escuela y a la sociedad; (7) familia y escuela; (8) trayectorias educativas y éxito escolar; (9) relaciones entre políticas y prácticas educativas. El análisis realizado nos ayuda a comprender la situación de la investigación educativa en este ámbito, así como a identificar los retos ARTICLE HISTORY
The research highlights the importance of immigrant parents assuming a leading and mediating role in the processes of school adjustment and their children’s educational inclusion. However, the difficulties that parents have to face as a consequence of the migration process are not always taken into account. These families have to face their own acculturation processes and reorganize their roles in the host society. This study analyses the functions that immigrant parents carry out in the new school context in order to favor the educational inclusion of their children. The analysis is approached from the parents’ perspective, in order to understand the way in which families live and try to favor their children’s access, participation and success at school. Ethnographic research and the use of qualitative techniques such as in-depth interviews are used. The perceptions of three immigrant fathers and seven immigrant mothers with different backgrounds and nationalities in a public school in Huelva (Andalusia, Spain) are analyzed. The results point to the great fragility and difficulty experienced by these parents in exercising their parental functions in the new context. Women, especially those from Poland, Lithuania, and Romania, compared to their husbands or partners, seem to suffer greater stress due to their dual role as guarantors of the culture of origin and facilitators of the host culture. In order to favor the educational inclusion of their children, parents prioritize – primarily – access to resources, but also the monitoring of their children’s homework and emotional support. However, a relationship model based on cultural assimilation prevails. Among the factors that condition the behavior of parents are their economic vulnerability, lack of knowledge of the language, limited social support, cultural differences and prejudices. The importance of the school supporting parents, and especially mothers, in their acculturation processes and their relationship with the school is underlined. In this endeavor, it is essential to count on the collaboration of different agents, such as intercultural counselors or other parents in the school.
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