Greek Educators’ Views on Migrant Students: Social-Demographic Differences
Journal Title: Psychological Thought - Year 2020, Vol 13, Issue 1
Abstract
This research was conducted to explore and compare Greek educators’ views on migrant students, as well as to establish some social-demographic differences in Greek teachers’ views. The research was cross-sectional, and the research instrument was a questionnaire. The sampling technique used in the present research was the non-probability sampling, and even the purposive sampling was used. All the participants were educators, and the sample consisted of 150 participants. In Greek literature, there is a limited number of studies on teachers' views on migrant students and their integration in the general school. Based on this research, it was found that most of the studied teachers had positive views on migrant students. The most negative views on migrant students were expressed overtly by the female Greek teachers, who were 41-60 years old (M = 52.7, SD= 2.35), had postgraduate studies, were in good economic situation, married, and lived in villages. In contrast, the most positive views on migrant students were expressed overtly by the male Greek teachers, who were 18-40 years old, hold Ph.D., were in bad economic situation, single, and lived in cities. Given these results, it is necessary to educate teachers, as well as to carry out more research on the individual difficulties faced by teachers and students, as school is the miniature of the society and therefore school integration extends to social inclusion.
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Stavroula-Vera Strychnou
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- EP ID EP694143
- DOI https://doi.org/10.37708/psyct.v13i1.367
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