Compensating for Conflicting Policy Goals: Dilemmas of Teachers' Work with Asylum-Seeking Pupils in Sweden

Autor/in	Svensson, Malin
Titel	Compensating for Conflicting Policy Goals: Dilemmas of Teachers' Work with Asylum-Seeking Pupils in Sweden
Quelle	In: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 63 (2019) 1, S.1-16 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-3831
DOI	10.1080/00313831.2017.1324900
Schlagwörter	Refugees; Public Policy; Teaching Methods; Teacher Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Faculty Workload; Decision Making; Immigration; Educational Objectives; Educational Policy; Conflict; Civil Rights; Teacher Education; Moral Values; Elementary Secondary Education; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Flüchtling; Öffentliche Ordnung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrerverhalten; Ausland; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Konflikt; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Schweden
Abstract	This article examines challenges experienced by teachers of asylum-seeking pupils in Sweden, where the right to education is part of a policy of promoting "normal life" during the asylum process. A theoretical framework contributed a deepened understanding of the teachers' experiences as street-level bureaucrats. Interviews indicated that institutional factors, lack of training, and insufficient support within the educational system constrained the teachers' work. They developed strategies for dealing with the dilemma of being impeded in providing education equivalent to that of resident pupils but still struggled with how the asylum process affected classroom work. They were sidelined by a lack of control over the asylum decision, processed outside school. This was a source of moral distress and an additional workload, as catering to asylum-seekers' needs was left to their discretion. Conflicting goals of educational and immigration policy thus conditioned their work and risked undermining the compensatory pedagogical task. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01