出版社：Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Educational Research
摘要：Immigration has social, cultural, political, demographic and
economic outcomes that go beyond simply being a movement of changing
locations. In particular, negative experiences during the post-immigration process
affect the development of children and consequently their social cohesion. The
survey reported in this paper was carried out in order to make a comparative
analysis of the social cohesion skills of immigrant children of Turkish origin
attending primary schools in Turkey and Switzerland. The population of the
survey was composed of primary school age children of Turkish origin living in
Turkey and Switzerland. The sample consisted (with α = 0.5 and 5% deviation)
of 351 children of Turkish origin aged 7 to 11. Of these children, 167 came from
families that had immigrated to Turkey from the Balkans and were attending
primary schools affiliated to the Directorate of National Education of Bursa
Province in Turkey. The remaining 184 were emigrant children of Turkish origin
attending schools affiliated to eight of Switzerland¡¯s twenty-six cantons. The Scale
of Social Cohesion and Skill (SSCS), which was used for data collection, included
the following three factors: (i) social cohesion; (ii) social disharmony; and
(iii) limited social cohesion. Data analysis was carried out separately for each
factor using graphical analysis and the Mann-Whitney U-Test according to their
point average by taking into consideration the factors relevant to the scale. It was
concluded that the social cohesion level of primary school age children living in
Switzerland is higher than that of corresponding children living in Turkey. It was
also determined that the limited social cohesion and social disharmony points of
primary school age children living in Turkey are higher than the points of those
living in Switzerland. In view of these findings, suggestions are made to the
Turkish Ministry of National Education and universities regarding state policy.
