ABSTRACT
This chapter tries to conceptualise quality of education in a context of migration. It starts with reviewing mainstream types of (im)migration from at least seven different perspectives, including national origin, cultural diversity, mobility/stability, voluntariness of migration, generational differences, direction for migration and legal status. This chapter then reviews five forms of educational provisions in different countries and regions across the world, including state and private schools, informal educational settings, schools specifically running for migrant children, low-cost schools and extra-curricular compensative education. It further conceptualises three dimensions of educational quality in a context of migration and education, including accessibility, equivalence and responsiveness. Finally, it discusses the role of cultural reproduction in shaping the quality of education for socially disadvantaged groups with a theoretical perspective of Bourdieu’s conceptual toolkit of field, habitus and capital.
