Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate classroom management experiences with Syrian refugee students from the perspective of teachers. The study has a qualitative design and uses the case study method. The study group of this research was teachers in primary and middle schools in the central district of Tokat province who taught Syrian refugee students who had been forced to migrate to Turkey. This research found that most of the teachers' classroom management experiences with Syrian refugee students had negative aspects, and that the teachers stressed their linguistic challenges. It was found that refugee students’ pronunciation problems had caused them to be ridiculed. Teachers stated that they did not know what to do when they encountered with communication problems with these students. A variety of events (in-class activities, school trips, etc.) should be planned to prevent the other students from being biased against the Syrian refugee students and enable both groups to be integrated. Teachers’ awareness on how to behave with Syrian refugee students should be raised through the in-service training.
Highlights
Migration is a phenomenon that has a great impact on individuals, families, countries and communities
The study group of this research was teachers in primary and middle schools in the central district of Tokat province who taught Syrian refugee students who had been forced to migrate to Turkey
Data were collected in interviews done 18 teachers who worked in the primary and middle schools in the central district of Tokat province and taught Syrian refugee students who had been forced to migrate to Turkey
Summary
Migration is a phenomenon that has a great impact on individuals, families, countries and communities. Almost half of the refugees (51.9%) who forced to migrate from Syria to Turkey (3,097,390) are children (0-18 years) [38]. Half of the children who migrated from Syria has no opportunity to access education, for this reason [1]; [39]; [22] enrolment to school rates are declined; the problems like the number of schools do not meet the demand of increasing population is arise, classes become crowded day by day, families cannot devote resources to education, the children experience understanding and speaking problems to educational language [36]; [37] and teachers motivation is affected negatively [24]. It is necessary to minimize the problems in the classroom to function the teaching-learning process effectively and provide a healthy learning environment [16]
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