Volume 5, No. 1, Art. 11 – January 2004

Review Note

Tarek Badawia (2002). "Der dritte Stuhl" – Eine Grounded-Theory-Studie zum kreativen Umgang bildungserfolgreicher Immigrantenjugendlicher mit kultureller Differenz ["The Third Chair"—How Immigrant Young People with a High Educational Achievement Develop a Strategy to Creatively Handle Cultural Differences. A Study Based on Grounded Theory]

Katja Koch (Germany)

Abstract: Tarek BADAWIA describes in his thesis how immigrant young people with a high level of educational achievement develop a new strategy of handling two different cultures. By using focused interviews BADAWIA generates the theory of the "third chair". The author paints a picture showing how the young immigrants interviewed create a new cross-cultural identity out of both of their cultures. By doing this they are no longer "sitting between two chairs." With this theory BADAWIA follows recent developments within intercultural educational research. What is new in this study is that BADAWIA asks the young immigrant people themselves and that he focuses in particular on their way of creating and handling their life. Unfortunately, BADAWIA uses a very complicated and artificial language. Nevertheless, the study is worth reading because it opens an authentic view of the environment of juvenile immigrants.

Key words: immigration, identity, intercultural educational research, cultural differences, grounded theory, focused interview

This contribution is only available as a full text in the German language. German text

Last update: 05/10/2004

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