The Study Of The Children's Educational Problems Of The Muslim Floating Population

Muslim floating population is a special group that inevitably appears during the period of the economic and social transformation in our country. After entering the new century, the scale of the Muslim floating population in Lanzhou, Gansu has continuously increased and simultaneously, the structure of that has changed greatly. One of the most remarkable changes of Muslim floating population is the formation from the "individual floating" to "family floating", which results in the problem of the children's education. Therefore, concerning and resolving this problem is not only an objective demand of accelerating the process of modernization, but also the realistic need of promoting the balanced development of compulsory education and improving the quality and level of compulsory education for the minorities.The children of Muslim floating population in this thesis refer to those who are between 6 and 16 years old. They are in the stage of compulsory education, living in cities with their parents for over half a year and having the ability to study. Because of the dual restriction of the family income and the cities' education policy, the problem of children's education involves two main aspects: firstly, the educational problem of the children who are unable to go to school, including those who don't start school and drop out from school, which mostly involves in the rights and opportunities to accept compulsory education. Secondly, the educational problem of the children in school. It mainly refers to the situation they face after entering school, comprising both the adaptation to school and the educational quality in school.This thesis primarily applies qualitative research methods, which specifically consist of on-the-spot observation, questionnaires, in-depth interview, individual-case study, etc. Take Muslim community in Xiao Xihu, Lanzhou City as a typical case: according to the income of the Muslim floating population, investigation of the children's educational conditions can be divided into three groups: the family, the school and the government. Correspondingly, typical cases are selected to study the real educational conditions of the children, and their mental sense in school. The thesis analyses the causes and puts forward the solutions to the problem.The study analyses the causes of the children of Muslim floating population's educational problem from three angles: the fragility of the objective and subjective environment of family education, unfairness of school education and the obstacle of systems (especially the educational system). And then the countermeasures and suggestions are brought forward: firstly, the parents should build up the scientific and rational educational concept. Secondly, the school has to construct the fair educational environment to eliminate the mental shade of the children of floating population. Thirdly, the reformation and innovation of the educational system.