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Marginality, Migration and Education

Educational Experiences of Migrants’ Children in Zimbabwe

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Authors:
  1. Winniefridah Matsa

    1. Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe

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  • Provides a missing link between marginality, migration and education in Zimbabwe
  • Aimed at governments, NGOs, teachers and local communities to help understand the situation of migrants’ children as a category of vulnerable children in difficult circumstances
  • Focuses on educational experiences of migrants’ children to influence government policies concerning migrant parents and their left-behind children

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Background to the Nature of International Migration in the African Continent and Zimbabwe

    • Winniefridah Matsa
    Pages 1-10

  3. Geo-Physical and the Socio-Economic Learning Environments for Migrants’ Children: Converging Experiences of Migration and Marginality on the Education of Boys and Girls in Bulilima and Mangwe

    • Winniefridah Matsa
    Pages 11-20

  4. Gender and the Nature of Migration: Absence of One or Both Parents

    • Winniefridah Matsa
    Pages 21-32

  5. Effects of Migration Elsewhere and Zimbabwe

    • Winniefridah Matsa
    Pages 33-43

  6. Educational Challenges of Migrants’ Children at Home and School: Teachers, Learners and Caregivers’ Perspectives

    • Winniefridah Matsa
    Pages 45-57

  7. “Low-Cost” Boarding and “Child Renters”: Boys and Girls Schooling in Risky Physical and Social Environments in Bulilima and Mangwe

    • Winniefridah Matsa
    Pages 59-68

  8. Children Belonging to “No One”: Learners Trapped in Strained and Suspicious Relationships

    • Winniefridah Matsa
    Pages 69-77

  9. The Impact of Migration on the Family and Children’s Rights: Gendered Perspective

    • Winniefridah Matsa
    Pages 79-93

  10. “Silent Wars” Between Migrants’ Children and Teachers, Teachers and Migrant Parents: Gendered “War”

    • Winniefridah Matsa
    Pages 95-103

  11. Intervention Strategies for Equity in Education: Synchronised and Co-ordinated Model to Help Learners Cope with Absence of Parents Due to Migration in Zimbabwe

    • Winniefridah Matsa
    Pages 105-121

  12. Implications of the Book

    • Winniefridah Matsa
    Pages 123-127

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 129-134
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About this book

This book provides a missing link between marginality, migration and education in Zimbabwe, focusing on the educational experiences of migrants’ children in an effort to influence government policies concerning migrant parents and their left-behind children. While there is a large body of knowledge on the education of children of immigrants in destination countries, this book aims to fill in the gap by addressing the children who do not migrate with their parents. Through this unique approach, the book examines the education statuses of these left-behind children, offering insights into their educational challenges, rights, and inequities to better inform policy decisions to meet the 2030 education agenda for action established by the United Nations in 2015. The book will of interest and use to governments, NGOs, teachers and local communities in Africa as a resource to better understand the situation of migrants’ left-behind children as a category ofvulnerable children in difficult circumstances.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe

    Winniefridah Matsa

About the author

Dr. Winniefridah Matsa is a Senior Lecturer at Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. Her research interests include aspects of gender and migration as they pertain to culture, environment, education, women, and sociological issues. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Marginality, Migration and Education

  • Book Subtitle: Educational Experiences of Migrants’ Children in Zimbabwe

  • Authors: Winniefridah Matsa

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60873-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-60872-9Published: 22 December 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-60875-0Published: 23 December 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-60873-6Published: 21 December 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 134

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Human Geography, Early Childhood Education, Geography, general, Education Economics

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