In:
Cumhuriyet International Journal of Education, Cumhuriyet University
Abstract:
School environments are affected by many social, political and cultural factors. One of these factors is peer relationships. The success of children in establishing healthy communication with their peers is one of the important factors in terms of adapting to the society in the socialization processes. Aggression and violence that cause peer bullying in school negatively affect not only bully and victim students, but also other students attending the school physically, socially and spiritually. The aim of this research is to determine the perspective of teachers on immigrant/refugee students and peer bullying. The participants of the group of the study are made up of the 2020-2021 year 8 teachers from 4 different schools in Gaziantep, Sahinbey. This case study was designed as a qualitative research. In this research a semi-structured interview form was used to collect data. The obtained data were analysed through content analysis. In this research we found out that immigrant/refugee students get bullied by their Turkish peers. The reason found for immigrant/refugee students to be bullied were lack of communication due to language, the prejudiced attitudes of Turkish families in their children and the inability of immigrant/refugee students to adapt. Once the teachers suggestions to reduce peer bullying were examined, it was seen that Turkish students can be brought to school without prejudice by raising the awareness of families, there should also be socialisation activities that will give the opportunity for both families and students to get to know each other, and for children group studies and empathy activities could take place to give the opportunity to share. These would help reduce the peer bullying between the Turkish and immigrant/refugee students.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2147-1606
DOI:
10.30703/cije.1061680
Language:
Turkish
Publisher:
Cumhuriyet University
Publication Date:
2023
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