Η Εθνική Ταυτότητα και η Ένταξη Αλλοδαπών Μαθητών στο Ελληνικό Εκπαιδευτικό Σύστημα: Η Περίπτωση της Χίου

Abstract

The aim of the present essay is to study the aspects of ethnic identity in adolescent, immigrant students and to compare them to the equivalent of native students, based mainly on the two components of ethnic identity (‘commitment’ and ‘exploration’). The method used to implement the study was to conduct quantitative research, in the form of a structured questionnaire, distributed to students of the last class of Primary school, as well as to students of the first and second class of High school. The sample of this research of 166 students of the municipality Chios, of which 83 were immigrant students, who were equated with respect to their demographic, with 83 native students. The questionnaire used in this research based in research of Phinney (1992). According to research results, immigrant students seem to form the layers of exploration and commitment to their ethnic identity through the conflicting elements of the social environment in which they live. Furthermore, there is a distinct difference in the formation of their identity as opposed to that of native students.