A Case Study on the Children of Migrant Workers with Less Learning Proficiency in Public Middle Schools in Beijing

Through the observation of the in-class performance of a less proficient student in public middle school in Beijing,whose parent is a migrant worker,and interviews with him,this paper tries to probe into the experience of the children of migrant workers after their entry into the middle school,and understand the difficulties they have and the opinions of the school,the teachers,his parent and himself a- bout his future.Research shows that:(1) the student hardly participates in learning in class;(2) his grades have not been improved;(3) his teachers,parent and he himself are pessimistic towards his future. Therefore,we have the following suggestions:(1) the government and the school should establish admit- ting the children of migrant workers to school as a long-term development strategy of urbanization;(2) the government should encourage the school to conduct studies on how to improve the academic performance of such students;(3) the government and the school should adjust the educational goals and curricula based on the move to help these students better integrate into the city;(4) the school should play a leading role in improving their learning performance.