Multi-Item Scale:

Item Text:

h.) Legal immigrants should have the same opportunities for education as Germans. [Legale Zuwanderer sollten die gleichen Möglichkeiten einer Schulbildung haben wie die Deutschen.]

Different Answer Format Tested:

Nein

Findings:

All test persons agree or fully agree with the statement.
All 20 test persons interpret the term "opportunities for school education" as access to educational opportunities and thus in the sense intended by the researchers:
  • „This is particularly important. If the immigrants do not receive the same school education, then one has exactly the problem that at some point these pupils, children, young people do not know the German language, cannot integrate into society. Then the Germans will complain that no integration has taken place and then you would be back in this cycle.“ (TP 09)
  • „Education is the be-all and end-all. This is the basis for them to be able to live here and to integrate themselves here; they must have the same school education.“ (TP 17)
There are differences between the test persons regarding the interpretation of the term "school education". Five test persons only think of school in the narrower sense of the term, i.e. primary and lower secondary education (primary school, Hauptschule, Realschule, Gymnasium, Gesamtschule). The other 15 test persons include additional areas such as kindergarten, university, vocational training and further education.
However, the answers of the test persons show that there is no connection between the interpretation of the term "school education" (narrow versus broad interpretation) and the agreement on item h). All 20 test persons agree or fully agree with the statement, regardless of whether they only think of access to grades 1 to 13 or whether they also include access to further education. The statements of the 15 respondents, who interpret the term rather broadly, suggest that they do not distinguish between different educational areas but rather make a general judgement about access to educational opportunities.

Recommendations:

No changes recommended.