Personal Learning Environments that Facilitate Socio-Educational Integration of Unaccompanied Foreign Minors

• Main Authors: María del Carmen Olmos-Gómez, María Tomé-Fernández, Eva María Olmedo-Moreno
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
• Series: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• Subjects: personal learning environments (PLE); unaccompanied foreign minors (UFM) adolescent adjustment; adolescent competence social factors
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/14/5012

The aim of the present study was to predict the variables that facilitate integration of unaccompanied foreign minors (UFM) and to develop personal learning environment (PLE) questionnaire dimensions with respect to social integration of UFM. <i>Methods:</i> A social study that was descriptive in nature was conducted with a quantitative empirical-analytical focus. <i>Results:</i> Results from discriminant function analysis indicate that 86% of group membership was correctly classified from gender alone, with female learning environments leading to greater future success. <i>Conclusions:</i> It can be concluded that the predictive results possess methodological coherence. Thus, from them we can propose possible development strategies, particularly targeting males, in order to improve learning and promote social integration. According to the results obtained, improvement of learning strategies and strengthening of the very learning environments, demands new policies to be established which promote emotional improvement and better futures for UFM, especially males.