Journal of Asian Public Policy
Volume 12, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 144-159

Identity crisis among rural-to-urban migrant children in China: a proposal for school and government interventions (Article)

Lin Q.* , Ren M. , Yang M.
  • a School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
  • b School of public policy and management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
  • c School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States

Abstract

As millions of school-aged migrant children are being deprived of educational resources, social identity crisis has developed throughout schooling and become a prominent issue in contemporary China. The purpose of this article is to pull together existing empirical evidence with direct bearing on migrant children’s acculturation experiences and place these studies within a framework of compulsory education policies that can facilitate a better understanding of the insufficiency of current policies in addressing the migrant identity crisis. To alleviate the crisis, we inform policy practice by proposing three intervention approaches, directly influencing migrant children’s access to crisis counselling, validation, and support. © 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Author Keywords

Migrant Children government intervention school social work compulsory education Social identity

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85063095440&doi=10.1080%2f17516234.2019.1588841&partnerID=40&md5=148a13a35fa69954f29eaa5d2a5f3f71
DOI: 10.1080/17516234.2019.1588841
ISSN: 17516234
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English