Perceptions of Social Workers in the School Social Work Project: The Need for Multicultural Education

Autor/inn/en	Akarçay Ulutas, Demet; Ustabasi Gündüz, Dilara; Kirlioglu, Mehmet
Titel	Perceptions of Social Workers in the School Social Work Project: The Need for Multicultural Education
Quelle	In: Participatory Educational Research, 9 (2022) 5, S.330-351 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Akarçay Ulutas, Demet) ORCID (Ustabasi Gündüz, Dilara) ORCID (Kirlioglu, Mehmet)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Social Work; Caseworkers; Multicultural Education; Attitudes; Migrants; Refugees; Nongovernmental Organizations; Teachers; Social Integration; Children; Intervention; Inclusion; Syria; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Soziale Arbeit; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Migrantin; Flüchtling; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Soziale Integration; Child; Kind; Kinder; Inklusion; Syrien; Türkei
Abstract	Multicultural education is the key to the development process of culture of living together, emphasising human rights. In the legal sense, the study underlines the importance of school social work practices in terms of ensuring Syrian children to have unrestricted access to education in addition to providing them with equal opportunity in education. In the light of those practices, the motivation of the study is to discover social work academics' perceptions of the path to multicultural education in Turkey and recommendations on how to integrate it into the current educational structure. For this purpose, in-depth interviews were conducted with ten social workers who took part in the "School Social Work Project". The education structure in Turkey, the attitude towards Syrians, the problems experienced by Syrian individuals and their perspectives on education are summarized as risk factors that affect the participation of Syrian children in education. This study emphasises the importance of establishing cooperation with teachers and nongovernmental organisations. With this cooperation, it seems possible to develop multicultural education by integrating the human focus of social work. Therefore, the use of development resources and social work resources together in the context of school social work practices will provide the change that will show the way to multicultural education. The findings point to recommendations such as ensuring family-teacher interaction, adding classes on culture of living together, and integrating non-governmental organisations systematically in the process of multicultural education. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Participatory Education Research. Amasya University, Technology Faculty, Yagmurkoy Orad, Amasya 05100, Turkey. Web site: https://www.perjournal.com/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01