Edukacyjne konteksty migracji

Abstract

The right to a free choice of the place of residence and the right to free migration belong to the catalogue of important human rights. From the point of view of the individual, the change of residence in consequence of migration has not always been and still is not the best means of advancement towards increased autonomy and towards higher cultural competence. The research conducted among migrants resident in Poznań showed that in their previous places of residence (villages, small towns) the migrants encountered the problems of lack of sense, values and motivation ("way of life"). Such attitudes are in most cases the consequence of inadequacy of models of participating in culture implemented by educational systems. Also in their new environment the migrants prefer forms of education that do not require much intellectual effort and social roles that do not require high qualifications. The migrants usually accept the state of "justified inequality'' and are aware of the discrepancy between their own cultural incompetence and cultural programmes offered by various educational institutions in a big town.