Matches in UGent Biblio for { ?s ?p While immigrant students in Belgium have expressed high educational aspirations, this was not reflected in their achievement results if we compare them with ethnic majority students. As outlined by Mickelson (1990), we will try to explain this attitude-achievement paradox and understand why these high aspirations are not translated into actual achievement results. - Ethnographic observations and semi-structured interviews with students from ten class groups in three Flemish schools (northern part of Belgium) were used to explore the nature of this paradox. Our findings indicate that all students generally believe in the importance of education to get ahead in Belgian society. Analyses reveal that – although students of immigrant descent want to achieve in society – they perceive more barriers to become successful, such as labour market discrimination, and figured out distinct coping strategies to avoid such barriers.. }
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- aggregation abstract "While immigrant students in Belgium have expressed high educational aspirations, this was not reflected in their achievement results if we compare them with ethnic majority students. As outlined by Mickelson (1990), we will try to explain this attitude-achievement paradox and understand why these high aspirations are not translated into actual achievement results. - Ethnographic observations and semi-structured interviews with students from ten class groups in three Flemish schools (northern part of Belgium) were used to explore the nature of this paradox. Our findings indicate that all students generally believe in the importance of education to get ahead in Belgian society. Analyses reveal that – although students of immigrant descent want to achieve in society – they perceive more barriers to become successful, such as labour market discrimination, and figured out distinct coping strategies to avoid such barriers.".