Session Information
10 SES 13 E, Emotion in Teacher Education –From Theory to Practice
Symposium
Contribution
The Power of Emotions: A Qualitative Exploration of Teachers’ Emotions in Syrian Refugee Schools in Turkey Ministry of National Education As February 2017, 2.9 (of whom 45% were children under 18 age) million Syrian Refugees migrated to Turkey (OEDC, 2017; pp 238). Turkish public schools where Syrians located, so-called “Syrian Schools”, work in shifts by implementing the Turkish National Curriculum with mixed classes in the morning and TECs- which hire Syrian workforce and serve only Syrian students of different ages provide an adapted Syrian curriculum in Arabic including a 15-hour Turkish language by Turkish teachers. Teachers' emotional connections to students under these chaotic situations are of highly importance in this special humanitarian and educational conditions (Hargreaves, 2004; Mazer at al., 2014; Sullivan and Simonson, 2016). The above reality brings to the fore the need of exploring Turkish teachers emotions while dealing with Syrian refugees students. More specifically, this research present the emotional condition of Turkish teachers who are working in "Syrian Schools" in Ankara when they are faced with new responsibilities of refugee's education. Qualitative data elicited from semi-structured interviews with the studied teachers underwent qualitative content-analysis (Patton, 2002) and revealed the following main themes/findings. Their trauma about newcomers in their schools: “I felt awful and incredibly frustrated when I came in my class on the first day at school.” and “I was very disheartened because it seemed as if I went to Syria; Syria in my class, after leaving the class I was in Turkey again”. Thus, teachers facing a brand new experience in their profession and totally changing of circumstances effect their feelings, performance and professional capital. Participants mostly say that they were shocked and disappointed. Some of them felt disparity and depressed. Yet, they manage to overcome these challenging conditions with the direction of compassion and empathy towards refugee children and their parents because of their cultural/traditional mind-sets and religious beliefs, collegiality, professionalism, humanistic approach in their personality. Understanding teacher's emotions and expressions while channelling and managing them towards inclusion and empathy contributes to our multicultural class total education treatment. Further conclusions and implication to other European countries dealing with refugee educational integration processes and practices are fully discussed. Key Words : teacher, school, emotion, emotional management, refugee education
References
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