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This chapter examines the implementation of the social integration policy. The Chinese central government requires urban schools to provide support for migrant children so that these children can adjust to their new study environment. According to the policy, school support includes keeping in frequent contact with migrant families, getting to know their family conditions and helping out those children with psychological difficulties. However, the central government has not provided a definition of social integration. This chapter will interpret this concept on the basis of the discussion in Chap. 2 and examine the concept from four dimensions: language learning, friendship, adjustment to the new rules and the absence of discrimination. The chapter consists of three sections. The first section discusses the intergroup relations between migrant and urban families. This is followed by a discussion of the support provided by urban public schools in the second section. The last section examines whether migrant children can successfully adjust to their new environment in urban public schools.
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Hu, B. (2018). Social Integration Policy. In: Educating Migrant Children in Urban Public Schools in China. SpringerBriefs in Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1147-5_6
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