ERIC Number: EJ1410890
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0951-8398
EISSN: EISSN-1366-5898
"We Would Love To, But…" -Needs in School Integration from the Perspective of Refugee Children, Their Parents, Peers, and School Staff
Antonija Vrdoljak; Nikolina Stankovic; Dinka Corkalo Biruški; Margareta Jelic; Rachel Fasel; Fabrizio Butera
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), v37 n2 p512-529 2024
Existing research on the education of refugee children has been conducted in countries with a longstanding tradition of refugee integration. The aim of this study was to gain insight into the integration process of refugee children in Croatian schools. Croatia is a small EU country with limited experience in refugee integration. The phenomenological approach was used to examine the experiences and perspectives of the relevant actors. Interviews and focus group discussions were conducted with refugee children (N = 15), their parents (N = 5), classmates (N = 50), and school staff (N = 54) from six elementary schools in Zagreb. Data analyses suggested three general needs: educational, language, and social, each of them connected to more specific needs, challenges, and suggestions. The results of the study are discussed within the Schachner et al. (2017) framework of immigrant adolescents' acculturation.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Preadolescents, Adolescents, Elementary School Teachers, Social Integration, Student Needs, Acculturation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Croatia
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