Prospective Teachers’ Views on Refugee Children’s Adaptation
Abstract
Purpose: Migration is one of the most important events that initiated the social adjustment process for human beings. The problem of adaptation, especially in regions with cultural differences and values, affects refugees as well as the local people living in that region. Considering the social adaptation process of refugees, children who are one of the most affected groups, positive or negative, should get support from their teachers the most in adapting to their new school. They should receive the greatest support from teachers. Hence, it is prospective teachers who should raise awareness. Although studies concerning refugee children’s adaptation process are available in the literature, the number of studies concerning the adaptation of native people is small. The aim of this study is to get the opinions of prospective teachers about the effects of refugee students on the social acceptance and adaptation process regarding the migration phenomenon on the refugees and local people
Design/Methodology/Approach: In this study, survey form with open-ended questions was used as a data collection tool. The research was conducted with the participation of 240 final year university students attending a state university. The data were analysed through content analysis and then divided into themes and codes.
Findings: The findings demonstrated that not only refugees but also prospective teachers experienced adaptation problems such as language barrier, information sharing and cultural differences. The participants said that it was mainly elementary school teachers’ responsibility to secure that those children are protected, they participate in social life, they are not exposed to discrimination and that they adapt into school environment soon.
Highlights: It is thought that teacher candidates should be informed about the adaptation of refugee children and that refugee children should learn Turkish. In this context, it can be suggested that teacher candidates should be provided with training covering the application of Turkish education programs to refugee children.
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