Research Article

Educating the “Other”: Narrative Analysis of the Role of the Social Studies Teacher in the Education of Asylum-seeker Students

Volume: 16 Number: 2 August 28, 2025
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Educating the “Other”: Narrative Analysis of the Role of the Social Studies Teacher in the Education of Asylum-seeker Students

Abstract

This study aims to reveal the social studies teacher's contacts with asylum-seeking students, the teacher’s perceptions of competence, and experiences of being a teacher in a culturally diversified migration society with a holistic story in the context of her own identity, cultural and social realities, and Turkish national educational ideology. Narrative research was preferred as the research design. A semi-structured interview form was used to collect the data and interviews lasting nine sessions were conducted with the teacher. Narrative analysis was used in the analysis of the data. As a result of the research, it was determined that the undergraduate education of social studies teaching, and vocational in-service training processes did not have sufficient content and practices for cultural diversity in the classroom; it was aimed that asylum-seeker students would integrate into the monocultural society structure and that the social studies teacher's life experiences shaped her approach and teaching competence regarding the asylum-seeker students. As a result, despite the fact that the cultural structure in Turkey diversified with migrations, it is seen that the understanding and practices in social studies course are far from incorporating a multicultural basis.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Social and Humanities Education (Excluding Economics, Business and Management)

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

August 21, 2025

Publication Date

August 28, 2025

Submission Date

December 10, 2024

Acceptance Date

July 12, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 16 Number: 2

APA
Erdoğan, E., Köşker, N., & Temel, A. (2025). Educating the “Other”: Narrative Analysis of the Role of the Social Studies Teacher in the Education of Asylum-seeker Students. Batı Anadolu Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi, 16(2), 2840-2865. https://doi.org/10.51460/baebd.1599345
AMA
1.Erdoğan E, Köşker N, Temel A. Educating the “Other”: Narrative Analysis of the Role of the Social Studies Teacher in the Education of Asylum-seeker Students. WAJES. 2025;16(2):2840-2865. doi:10.51460/baebd.1599345
Chicago
Erdoğan, Erdi, Nilüfer Köşker, and Ayşenur Temel. 2025. “Educating the ‘Other’: Narrative Analysis of the Role of the Social Studies Teacher in the Education of Asylum-Seeker Students”. Batı Anadolu Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi 16 (2): 2840-65. https://doi.org/10.51460/baebd.1599345.
EndNote
Erdoğan E, Köşker N, Temel A (August 1, 2025) Educating the “Other”: Narrative Analysis of the Role of the Social Studies Teacher in the Education of Asylum-seeker Students. Batı Anadolu Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi 16 2 2840–2865.
IEEE
[1]E. Erdoğan, N. Köşker, and A. Temel, “Educating the ‘Other’: Narrative Analysis of the Role of the Social Studies Teacher in the Education of Asylum-seeker Students”, WAJES, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 2840–2865, Aug. 2025, doi: 10.51460/baebd.1599345.
ISNAD
Erdoğan, Erdi - Köşker, Nilüfer - Temel, Ayşenur. “Educating the ‘Other’: Narrative Analysis of the Role of the Social Studies Teacher in the Education of Asylum-Seeker Students”. Batı Anadolu Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi 16/2 (August 1, 2025): 2840-2865. https://doi.org/10.51460/baebd.1599345.
JAMA
1.Erdoğan E, Köşker N, Temel A. Educating the “Other”: Narrative Analysis of the Role of the Social Studies Teacher in the Education of Asylum-seeker Students. WAJES. 2025;16:2840–2865.
MLA
Erdoğan, Erdi, et al. “Educating the ‘Other’: Narrative Analysis of the Role of the Social Studies Teacher in the Education of Asylum-Seeker Students”. Batı Anadolu Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 16, no. 2, Aug. 2025, pp. 2840-65, doi:10.51460/baebd.1599345.
Vancouver
1.Erdi Erdoğan, Nilüfer Köşker, Ayşenur Temel. Educating the “Other”: Narrative Analysis of the Role of the Social Studies Teacher in the Education of Asylum-seeker Students. WAJES. 2025 Aug. 1;16(2):2840-65. doi:10.51460/baebd.1599345