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Göçle Gelen Yabancı Uyruklu Öğrencilerin Okul Ortamında Karşılaştıkları Sorunlar
The Problems of Immigrant Foreign Students in School Environment

Author(s): Aygil Takır, Ayşen Özerem
Subject(s): School education, Social psychology and group interaction, Social differentiation, Migration Studies, Sociology of Education
Published by: Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi
Keywords: Foreign Students; Immigrant Foreign Students; School Problems; Immigration;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this research is to detect the problems experienced by foreign students studying in a state college in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus with the point of view of the guidance teachers and school administrators and to develop the solutions. Guidance teachers and school administrators are seen as having the greatest responsibility in the integration process of immigrated foreign students. For this reason, it is considered that the guidance teachers and assistant principals will contribute to the functioning of both the individuals and the schools in order to solve the problems determined by the collected information about the problems experienced by foreign students. The sample of the research is 3 guidance counselors and 6 assistant principals who work in state college in the TRNC, in the academic year 2017-2018. The research was designed as a case study from qualitative research methods. In the study, data were collected by semi-structured interview form consisting of open-ended questions developed by the researchers. Descriptive and content analyses was used to perform data analysis. As a result of the research, it was determined that the guidance teachers and assistant principals observed some problems related with foreign students. The major of these problems are language, culture difference, lack of interest in teaching/learning process, and adaptation problems.

  • Issue Year: 25/2019
  • Issue No: 97-1
  • Page Range: 639-657
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Turkish