Master's Thesis: Education for Integrating Syrian Refugees in Germany

This assignment presents a master's thesis proposal examining the integration of migrant students, specifically Syrian refugees, through education in Germany. It outlines the research questions, which focus on effective integration strategies and the impact of intercultural classrooms. The methodology employs qualitative research, utilizing surveys distributed to teachers and interviews conducted with parents at Gießen primary school. The survey includes questions on integration concepts, effective strategies, and school culture changes. Interview questions delve into the understanding of integration and the impact of cultural shifts. The research aims to collect data to answer the research questions and validate the study's hypothesis, with references to relevant academic literature supporting the research design and methodology.

Integration of migrant students through
education; a case study of Syrian refugees
in Germany

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ASSESSMENT..................................................................................................................................

Question 1
Concept of the current master thesis is based on integration of migrant students through
education where case study of Syrian refugees in Germany is taken into account. In order
conduct an effective analysis and determine valid conclusion of this statement some objectives
are prepared considering goal to this. Once the objectives are made then turned into questions
form which considered as research question (RQ) of the whole study. On the basis of research
objectives small themes are to be prepared which are used to carry out literature review (Zhang
and et.al., 2014). As per the current research proposal, concept is integration of migrant students
through education. Here research questions are like which activities will help to Syrian refugees
children to be well integrated and in which way culture of school fluctuate if teachers work in
intercultural classes. These both the questions are totally linked with concept of master thesis and
on the basis of this literature review will be conducted. Hypothesis prepared after taking base to
two variables of the thesis. Hence, it can be said that literature review is related with concept of
MT, RQ and H.
Question 2
In the present research project, various research methods and designed will be applied.
The reason is that, it will help to conduct an effective analysis and determine a valid conclusion
of the problem statement. The project will be based on the qualitative nature where any kind of
numerical information will be not taken into account by the analyst. Therefore, primary data
collection method will be implemented in the research. Under this basically two methods will be
considered which are like survey and interview. In the survey research method at the initially,
questionnaire will be framed and then will be distributed among targeted population. Apart from
this, by preparing and distributing open ended questions between targeted population the
interview will be conducted in the current study (Silverman, 2016).
For the survey questionnaire and interview questions, targeted population will be teachers
of Gießen primary school of Germany and parents of students who studying in this school
respectively. The reason for selecting such methods only rather others available is that, it helps to
collect proper answers of the research questions. Each and every question of both survey and
interview will be based on research questions only. Therefore, such methods will be considered
through which valid conclusion can be made properly.
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Question 3
In order to frame questionnaire for survey base to the research questions is taken by
researcher. The reason is that, it helps to collect data and give properly answer of the RQ and
know that through education migrant students will be whether integrated or not. Apart from this,
to evaluated that the analysis is whether totally acceptable or not, hypothesis is framed. For this
also base of the survey questionnaire is taken (Panneerselvam, 2014). The reason is that,
evaluation is required to do RQ and problem statement. Considering to the research question of
present proposal, survey questionnaire is prepared below:
Survey Questionnaire
Demographic information
Name __________________
Age ___________________
Gender _________________
Designation _____________
Que. 1: Do you know about the integration concept?
 Yes
 No
Que. 2: Do you agree that, some effective strategies will help to integrate students of Syrian
refugees in local German society?
 Strongly agree
 Agree
 Neutral
 Disagree
 Strongly disagree
Que. 3: As per your opinion, in which ways culture of school change?
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 Positive
 Moderate
 Negative
Question 4
Another tool through which data will be collected in the present research is interview. In
this open ended questions will be prepared by investigator and distributed among parents of the
students who studying in Gießen primary school of Germany. For framing open-ended questions
for conducting interview of parents, base of only research questions is taken into account.
Justification behind this is that, for fulfilling requirements and answering RQ one of the best
method is interviews. Moreover, to prove that research study is proper and acceptable or rejected
in real market hypothesis is to be framed (Vaioleti, 2016). For this also variables from interview
questions are considered which will help to prove such outcomes. Further, interview questions
for parents of students who taking education from Gießen primary school are stated below:
Que. 1: Do you understand the concept of integration in proper way?
Que. 2: What are the strategies by which students integrate effectively from one culture to
another culture?
Que. 3: Due to change in culture of teachers, in which ways culture of school fluctuate?
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REFERENCES
Panneerselvam, R., 2014. Research methodology. PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Silverman, D. ed., 2016. Qualitative research. Sage.
Vaioleti, T. M., 2016. Talanoa research methodology: A developing position on Pacific research.
Waikato Journal of Education. 12(1).
Zhang, Y. and et.al., 2014. Relationships among employees’ working conditions, mental health,
and intention to leave in nursing homes. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 33(1). pp. 6-23.
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