Refugees as troubled learners in UK schools: An evaluation and reconceptualization of the education for diversity in UK schools. The integrated threat theory approach.

Kum, Henry Asei (2020) Refugees as troubled learners in UK schools: An evaluation and reconceptualization of the education for diversity in UK schools. The integrated threat theory approach. International Journal for Innovation Education and Research, 8 (10). pp. 126-144. ISSN ISSN 24112933

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Abstract

This paper addresses the policy of education for diversity that seeks to facilitate refugee integration. The integrationist theory considers that a culturally homogenous society could be created as a result of immigrants adapting and changing their ways sufficiently to fit in with the host culture. Using qualitative data from refugee students from the UK, the paper adopts integrated threat theory as an analytical tool to interrogate the perceptions of refugee students as they try to ‘fit’ in UK schools. Findings indicate that refugee students identify perceived threats in their daily interactions with host community students. The study concludes that the restrictive migration trajectories, a hostile transitional climate, and some right-wing anti-immigration discourse create a climate of suspicion, alienation leading to actual experiences of refugee racism. Integrated threat theory therefore offers a useful insight into understanding these differences in group dynamics between refugee learners and their hosts and how this affects the implementation of intercultural interaction policies.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information and Comments:	This article has been published in the International Journal for Innovation Education and Research on the 1st October and is available online at https://www.ijier.net/ijier/article/view/2667
Keywords:	refugees, integration, identity, groups, diversity, integrated threat theory
Faculty / Department:	Faculty of Education and Social Sciences > School of Education
Depositing User:	Henry Kum
Date Deposited:	28 Oct 2020 12:14
Last Modified:	12 Nov 2024 11:30
URI:	https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/3167

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