Abstract

This article explores the learning environment that newly arrived students encounter in sloyd classrooms in Sweden. The empirical material was collected through a handheld camera, at two schools with newly arrived students, in school Years 8–9, in the educational subject sloyd. The findings show that newly arrived students’ encounters with the rich learning environment of the sloyd classroom contribute to rich social interaction and communication during lessons. Further, the results show how interior and furnishing in sloyd classrooms enable newly arrived students to cooperate and support each other. The article also highlights that the sloyd classroom offers resources that can be used as teaching materials in sloyd teaching.

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