Capital as vocational currency in refugee migrant education: intersection of language training, work experience and vocational qualifications

IF 1.4 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Journal of Vocational Education and Training Pub Date : 2021-10-13 DOI:10.1080/13636820.2021.1989707

Yining Hsieh

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ABSTRACT For refugee migrants, proficiency in the language of their host country is a significant factor affecting their chance of integration and employment in their new society. For this reason, many Western nations provide host-country language training for such migrants. Australia thus offers English language training within its Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector to assist in refugee settlement. This study draws on qualitative interview data collected from a group of male Muslim refugee migrants attending these Australian training programs. Applying a Bourdieusian analysis to the data, the study’s findings suggest that language training alone does not meet their linguistic and vocational needs. The paper argues first that the current language training programs need to be reconceptualised to consider the intersection of language training, work experience and vocational qualification; and second, that there must be a confluence of these three factors if refugee migrants are to have any chance of gaining meaningful employment opportunities. The notion of capital as ‘vocational currency’ is proposed as a new term to identify the complex relationships within this confluence. The article concludes with discussion of the implications of this study for language training within these VET programs.

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资本作为难民移民教育中的职业货币:语言培训、工作经验和职业资格的交集

对于难民移民来说，能否熟练掌握东道国的语言是影响他们融入新社会和就业机会的一个重要因素。出于这个原因，许多西方国家为这些移民提供东道国语言培训。因此，澳大利亚在其职业教育和培训(VET)部门提供英语培训，以协助难民安置。这项研究利用了一组参加澳大利亚培训项目的男性穆斯林难民的定性访谈数据。通过对数据的布尔迪厄分析，该研究的发现表明，仅仅进行语言培训并不能满足他们的语言和职业需求。本文首先认为，当前的语言培训计划需要重新定义，以考虑语言培训、工作经验和职业资格的交叉点;第二，如果难民移民有任何机会获得有意义的就业机会，就必须有这三个因素的汇合。资本作为“职业货币”的概念被提出作为一个新的术语来识别这种融合中的复杂关系。文章最后讨论了这项研究对这些职业教育培训项目中的语言培训的影响。

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Journal of Vocational Education and Training EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Vocational Education and Training is a peer-reviewed international journal which welcomes submissions involving a critical discussion of policy and practice, as well as contributions to conceptual and theoretical developments in the field. It includes articles based on empirical research and analysis (quantitative, qualitative and mixed method) and welcomes papers from a wide range of disciplinary and inter-disciplinary perspectives. The journal embraces the broad range of settings and ways in which vocational and professional learning takes place and, hence, is not restricted by institutional boundaries or structures in relation to national systems of education and training. It is interested in the study of curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment, as well as economic, cultural and political aspects related to the role of vocational and professional education and training in society. When submitting papers for consideration, the journal encourages authors to consider and engage with debates concerning issues relevant to the focus of their work that have been previously published in the journal. The journal hosts a biennial international conference to provide a forum for researchers to debate and gain feedback on their work, and to encourage comparative analysis and international collaboration. From the first issue of Volume 48, 1996, the journal changed its title from The Vocational Aspect of Education to Journal of Vocational Education and Training.