Migration and translocal learning: Poles in Reykjavik

• Published in: European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults
• Main Author: Malgorzata Karolina Zielinska
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Linköping University Electronic Press 2019
• Subjects: Iceland; migration; place; translocal learning; Special aspects of education; LC8-6691
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3384/rela.2000-7426.OJS296; https://doaj.org/article/4fb55a7f98bb4859a4b21b30d057d0fd

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, I suggest a new concept for future research - translocal pedagogy.