Abstract
This study is designed to identify the prejudice or discriminatory behaviors towards refugee children that can be observed in children in early childhood and to determine the extent of the interaction of refugee children with other children. It is a case study which is one of the qualitative research methods. In this study, face-to-face interviews were conducted with 15 pre-school teachers, who had refugee children in their class, through the semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers. Descriptive analysis was used to analyze the data. As a result of the study, it was concluded that although there is no complete integration in the classes with refugee children, children do not have any prejudice or discriminatory behaviors towards refugee children, and even Turkish children cooperate with refugee children. In the education and adaptation of refugee children, it was concluded that the failure in speaking the Turkish language is an important obstacle, and the way in which children are raised in the family and cultural differences cause disciplinary problems in refugee children in some cases. It suggests that provision in the classroom of language and adaptation training for the integration of refugee children will help to integrate the cultural differences of children into the classroom environment.
Highlights
The purpose of this study is to examine the prejudice and discriminatory behaviors of Turkish children who are educated in the same environment with refugee children and to determine the interaction of refugee children with their Turkish peers
“the presence of refugee children in their class” was determined as a criterion for preschool teachers and those who met this criterion were included in the study group
In line with the teachers' opinions obtained in this study; the data were examined under three themes that are "interaction of refugee children with other children", "prejudice/discriminatory behaviors against refugee children" and "suggestions for the education of refugee children"
Summary
Prejudices are learned in social context (Bigler & Liben, 2007; Devine, 1989). In their research, Kelly et al (2005) found that not newborn babies but babies of three-months old preferred faces from their own ethnic group. Prejudice is an attitude towards human dignity and a perception that harms unity among people. Prejudice is a hostile attitude based on an incorrect and inflexible generalization. It can be directed to a group as a whole or to an individual just because he/she is a member of that group. Prejudice can be expressed as thinking or perceiving a person as inadequate by comparing with another person or group. Prejudice arises for individuals or groups that deviating from the ideal
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