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Introduction
TheideaforthisbookcameaboutasaresultoftheICTGuidesproject,
whichwasfundedbytheErasmus+programme.1Theprojectwascarriedout
in2015–2018inGothenburg(Sweden),Berlin(Germany),Madrid(Spain)and
Shefeld(UnitedKingdom).Thecitiesidentifedfortheprojectallhavearela-
tivelyhighpercentageofyoungschoolstudentswithimmigrantbackgrounds.
ThisgroupofEuropeansinparticularareatriskofearlyschoolleaving,andare
over-representedintermsofunemployment.
Thebookaddressestheissueofinformationandcommunicationtechnol-
ogy(ICT)useinaneducationalenvironment,andpresentsresearchresultsfrom
theICTGuidesproject.InordertodiscusshowICTcanbeusedasameans
topreventearlyschoolleavingamongimmigrantyouth,thisbookexploresthe
literatureonhowlearningcanbeunderstoodintheintergenerationalcontext
(Chapter1);whatthechallengesareinpreventingearlyschoolleaving(Chapter
2),andtheprospectsforICTineducation(Chapter3).Finally,wepresentthe
fndingsofanempiricalstudyonintergenerationallearningwiththeuseofinfor-
mationandcommunicationstechnology(Chapter4).
Asreports2onyouthinEuropeshow,youngimmigrantsaremostatrisk
ofsocialexclusion.Employmentisastrongprotectivefactoragainsttheriskof
poverty,andasidentifedintheEU2020strategyoneofthemostimportant
targetsforasmart,sustainableandinclusiveEurope.Immigrantyouthssuńer
fromhavinganincompleteeducation,partlybecauseoftheeconomiccrisisin
Europe,andpartlybecauseofthemilitaryconflictsandstrifeinplacessuchas
SyriaandAfghanistan.
1Programme:Erasmus+;duration:07/12/2015-31/08/2018;coordinator:SDFUTBSektor
utbildning,SDFVästraHisingenGöteborgsstad(Sweden);partners:ShefeldCityCouncil(United
Kingdom),DGI-CMDirecciónGeneralDeInmigración,ComunidadDeMadrid(Spain),SENBJF
SenatsverwaltungfürBildung,JugendundFamilieBerlin(Germany),UniversityofLodz(Po-
land).TheprojectwasfundedwithsupportfromtheEuropeanCommission,No.2015-1-SE01-
KA201-012232.Thispublicationonlyreflectstheviewsoftheauthors,andtheEuropeanCommis-
sioncannotbeheldresponsibleforanyusemadeoftheinformationcontainedherein.
2ExamplesincludeEurofound,NEETsYoungpeoplenotinemployment,educationand
training:Characteristics,costsandpolicyresponsesinEurope,2012;EuropeanCommission.Com-
missionStańWorkingPaperReducingearlyschoolleaving.AccompanyingdocumenttothePro-
posalforaCouncilRecommendationonpoliciestoreduceearlyschoolleaving,2010.European
Commission2020.AEuropeanstrategyforsmart,sustainableandinclusivegrowth.2010.