This paper offers first-hand accounts of refugees beyond the age of compulsory education having arrived in Austria during the last five years. Their accounts were collected using qualitative interviews and a visual method to allow for different approaches towards their educational biographies. Nine individual and two group interviews (altogether with 16 young people) were conducted, where the majority of the young refugees are from Afghani background. All interviewees were older than 16 years. In addition, five expert interviews were conducted. Their experiences having arrived in a new country, the importance of education for them, and their aspirations in the new system became visible in the interviews. Arbitrary provision and the one-sided language focus of the system present challenges to the core of a (school) system that has proved resistant to the influx of pupils from many different cultural backgrounds for years. The results of this qualitative study show that educational segregation is common for this group, including having less chances to obtain a university entrance exam.
This paper seeks to highlight the importance of investing in research of students epistemological and pedagogical beliefs and teachers epistemological and pedagogical beliefs. Faculty of Education-Bitola takes first step in this kind of importance investigation. We want to give attention on responsibilities which have all institution who trains teachers. Faculty of EducationBitola is in the beginning of couple of research's who investigate this kind of beliefs. This is very important for improvement the quality of teacher education. The paper briefly explains and makes literature review of epistemological and pedagogical beliefs. Also in this paper shortly are present research's that are already in process and future steps that will be taken in part of science research's. These kinds of research's are important not only for Faculty of Education-Bitola and institutions who trains teachers but for whole society. Results of this investigation will help in improvement of whole educational system. Getting information about students and teachers' epistemological and pedagogical beliefs in lot can change improving the classroom practice.
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