ERIC Number: EJ1436652
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1467-5986
EISSN: EISSN-1469-8439
Disability, Migration, and Education. Greek Primary Teachers' Conceptualisations
Panagiotis Giavrimis
Intercultural Education, v35 n4 p443-461 2024
The present study aims to investigate primary school teachers' views regarding including migrants/refugees with disabilities (M/RD students) in the Greek educational system. The research questions concerned the attitudes of educational stakeholders towards the inclusion of migrant-refugee students with disabilities, teachers' views about characteristics of the Greek educational inclusion policy regarding M/RD students, and teachers' ideas regarding the inclusion of M/RD students. Twenty-three primary school teachers participated in this study. The semi-structured interview was the research tool used for this study. Findings revealed that the teachers in our study hold an ambivalent attitude towards including people with a migrant or refugee background and others in the school community. Furthermore, double labelling seems to mediate their opinions since the social representations of migrant and disabled characteristics that intersect in these cases shape their treatment by the social context.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Immigrants, Refugees, Students with Disabilities, Inclusion, Educational Policy, Social Influences, Labeling (of Persons), Parent Attitudes, Student Attitudes
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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: Greece
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