Migration and translocal learning. Poles in Reykjavik

• Main Author: Zielinska, Malgorzata Karolina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University Electronic Press 2019
• Subjects: Migration; Migrant; Pole; Lernen; Lernumgebung; Erste Generation; Erwachsenenbildung; Informelles Lernen; Empirische Untersuchung; Lernort; Raum; Ausland; Lernprozess; Lernerfahrung; Praktisches Lernen; Sprachenlernen; Ethnografie; Studie; Interview; Reykjavik; Island; Learning; Educational Environment; Learning environment; Adult education; Adult training; Informal learning; Empirical study; Educational setting; Foreign countries; Learning process; Learning experience; Practical learning; Language learning; Ethnography; Iceland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25656/01:17045; https://www.pedocs.de/frontdoor.php?source_opus=17045

The paper analyses learning from the perspective of migration. It is based on a qualitative study of Polish first-generation migrants in Iceland. The theoretical framework adopted is translocal learning and learning from places – which joins the perspective of social learning with learning from the environment. The empirical material was used to construct eight categories showing translocal learning outcomes: practical skills, communicative competences, analytic competence, assimilation of values, selfconfidence, independence, living with uncertainty and mobility skills. The findings show that translocal learning has a critical potential of challenging the dominant ideology. Some of the learning outcomes help migrants in further migration. Finally, the author suggests a new concept for future research – translocal pedagogy. (DIPF/Orig.)