Achieving Integration Together
For successful educational partnerships with parents of foreign backgrounds
The Robert Bosch Stiftung, the Breuninger Stiftung, and Baden-Württemberg’s Commissioner for Integration have created a joint concept designed to facilitate the creation of successful educational partnerships with parents of foreign backgrounds throughout the country. The concept is part of Baden-Württemberg’s official sustainability strategy.
Important institutions and organizations dedicated to the creation of educational partnerships with parents of foreign backgrounds participated in the development of the concept, which was held in the form of a round table discussion. The resulting concept was presented for approval at the sustainability conference held in June 2010, and will be implemented using funds from the state, the sustainability strategy, and the participating foundations.
The concept recognizes that there are different local situations and requirements in each community, which need to be taken into consideration and tied into any actions taken. That is why the heart of the concept is the recommendation to form local networks or better adapt existing networks to the tasks at hand. In order to support these local networks, a pool of mobile advisors should be formed who will then support, assist, and also initiate action locally, if necessary.
A further part of the concept comprises jointly developed success factors for effective educational partnerships. In this case, a list of concrete general conditions and structural as well as content-related recommendations was drawn up, which is to be taken into consideration by those active locally when planning and carrying out measures. In order to receive funding for concrete local measures, which the concept also provides for, these factors must be taken into account and a recommendation must be received from a local network.
The Robert Bosch Stiftung, the Breuninger Stiftung, and Baden-Württemberg’s Commissioner for Integration have created a joint concept designed to facilitate the creation of successful educational partnerships with parents of foreign backgrounds throughout the country. The concept is part of Baden-Württemberg’s official sustainability strategy.
Important institutions and organizations dedicated to the creation of educational partnerships with parents of foreign backgrounds participated in the development of the concept, which was held in the form of a round table discussion. The resulting concept was presented for approval at the sustainability conference held in June 2010, and will be implemented using funds from the state, the sustainability strategy, and the participating foundations.
The concept recognizes that there are different local situations and requirements in each community, which need to be taken into consideration and tied into any actions taken. That is why the heart of the concept is the recommendation to form local networks or better adapt existing networks to the tasks at hand. In order to support these local networks, a pool of mobile advisors should be formed who will then support, assist, and also initiate action locally, if necessary.
A further part of the concept comprises jointly developed success factors for effective educational partnerships. In this case, a list of concrete general conditions and structural as well as content-related recommendations was drawn up, which is to be taken into consideration by those active locally when planning and carrying out measures. In order to receive funding for concrete local measures, which the concept also provides for, these factors must be taken into account and a recommendation must be received from a local network.
The role of the family in the educational process
The family plays a fundamental role in shaping our willingness to learn and attitude toward education. Not only does it shape how a child first experiences the world as well as its educational environment, it also decides upon the use of early developmental and educational offerings, its schooling, other academic activities such as tutoring and language trips, not to mention its access to a church or other religious institution and to other sports, music, or art-related activities. In this respect, a child’s family plays a significant role in its educational success, its willingness and ability to learn for the rest of its life, and therefore also in its personal and professional prospects.
The family plays a fundamental role in shaping our willingness to learn and attitude toward education. Not only does it shape how a child first experiences the world as well as its educational environment, it also decides upon the use of early developmental and educational offerings, its schooling, other academic activities such as tutoring and language trips, not to mention its access to a church or other religious institution and to other sports, music, or art-related activities. In this respect, a child’s family plays a significant role in its educational success, its willingness and ability to learn for the rest of its life, and therefore also in its personal and professional prospects.
