Research Article

Investigating Attitudes towards Refugee Students based on Several Variables: Revised Version of Refugee Student Attitude Scale

Volume: 9 Number: 3 December 30, 2019
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Investigating Attitudes towards Refugee Students based on Several Variables: Revised Version of Refugee Student Attitude Scale

Abstract

The immigration movement sometimes causes a sudden demographic complexity for countries and then leads to the development and implementation of urgent public policies. The most important one of these urgent policy areas in the long term is education. Countries, especially in cases of foreign migration, international aid organizations provide food, shelter, heating, and so on at the first place, and then aim to ensure linguistic, cultural, and social cohesion of migrants. At this stage, the contribution of hosting teachers and school administrators to attitudes towards migrants and inclusive education policies is a key to the efficient functioning of the process. In this study, attitudes towards refugee students of teachers from Sanliurfa, one of Turkey's most populated-refugee cities, is investigated based on several variables. For the purpose, Refugee Student Attitude Scale (RSAS), developed by Sağlam and Kanbur (2017), was updated via EFA and CFA analyzes and then analyzed by MANOVA. It was found that attitudes of the young female teachers towards “communication” and “adaptation” were higher than male teachers; in contrast, male teachers working for long years were better in their “communication” and “competency” attitudes than female teachers. Furthermore, teachers with many years of teaching experience who have refugee students in their classs have higher in “communication” and “adaptation” attitudes.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 30, 2019

Submission Date

February 12, 2019

Acceptance Date

September 24, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 9 Number: 3

APA
Terzi, R., Göçen, A., & Altun, B. (2019). Investigating Attitudes towards Refugee Students based on Several Variables: Revised Version of Refugee Student Attitude Scale. Sakarya University Journal of Education, 9(3), 476-494. https://doi.org/10.19126/suje.526197
AMA
1.Terzi R, Göçen A, Altun B. Investigating Attitudes towards Refugee Students based on Several Variables: Revised Version of Refugee Student Attitude Scale. SUJE. 2019;9(3):476-494. doi:10.19126/suje.526197
Chicago
Terzi, Ragıp, Ahmet Göçen, and Bilal Altun. 2019. “Investigating Attitudes towards Refugee Students Based on Several Variables: Revised Version of Refugee Student Attitude Scale”. Sakarya University Journal of Education 9 (3): 476-94. https://doi.org/10.19126/suje.526197.
EndNote
Terzi R, Göçen A, Altun B (December 1, 2019) Investigating Attitudes towards Refugee Students based on Several Variables: Revised Version of Refugee Student Attitude Scale. Sakarya University Journal of Education 9 3 476–494.
IEEE
[1]R. Terzi, A. Göçen, and B. Altun, “Investigating Attitudes towards Refugee Students based on Several Variables: Revised Version of Refugee Student Attitude Scale”, SUJE, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 476–494, Dec. 2019, doi: 10.19126/suje.526197.
ISNAD
Terzi, Ragıp - Göçen, Ahmet - Altun, Bilal. “Investigating Attitudes towards Refugee Students Based on Several Variables: Revised Version of Refugee Student Attitude Scale”. Sakarya University Journal of Education 9/3 (December 1, 2019): 476-494. https://doi.org/10.19126/suje.526197.
JAMA
1.Terzi R, Göçen A, Altun B. Investigating Attitudes towards Refugee Students based on Several Variables: Revised Version of Refugee Student Attitude Scale. SUJE. 2019;9:476–494.
MLA
Terzi, Ragıp, et al. “Investigating Attitudes towards Refugee Students Based on Several Variables: Revised Version of Refugee Student Attitude Scale”. Sakarya University Journal of Education, vol. 9, no. 3, Dec. 2019, pp. 476-94, doi:10.19126/suje.526197.
Vancouver
1.Ragıp Terzi, Ahmet Göçen, Bilal Altun. Investigating Attitudes towards Refugee Students based on Several Variables: Revised Version of Refugee Student Attitude Scale. SUJE. 2019 Dec. 1;9(3):476-94. doi:10.19126/suje.526197

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