Intercultural Learning Context and Acculturation Strategies

The intercultural context that characterises our multicultural society demands thorough studies on intercultural relationships. The present work aims to explore adolescent's acculturation strategies in relation to their learning contexts with different ethnic class composition. The present research includes 241 adolescents attending schools in Italy. Our results show acculturation strategies significantly differ among the three groups in life domains. However, the acculturation process introduces a similar course for the three groups; nevertheless the Italian adolescents present a tendency for separation. Moreover, the results highlight that acculturation strategies differ in relation to the ethnic composition of the school class.