Impact of internal migration movements on the schooling process in Turkey: Supervisors’ views

Abstract

This study attempted to examine the impact of interregional and urban-rural population movements on schools located in areas subjected to high in-migration and outmigration flows in Turkey based on data collected from primary school supervisors (N=150). A cross-sectional survey design was utilized to examine the most pressing problems confronted in those schools, and possible actions that could be taken by various stakeholders were sought. Overall data suggest that those schools serve mostly disadvantaged populations with poor households. Among the main challenges revealed are lack of adequate school resources and poor facilities, problems caused due to ineffective and untimely implementation of the program, high personnel turnover and recruitment of largely inexperienced and relatively less qualified educational staff, and lower levels of parental involvement in children's schooling. Accordingly, proposed recommendations focused on measures to eliminate capacity and resource constraints, improve hiring practices, and secure adequate supervision and support for educational staff, meet academic and socio-emotional needs of students and facilitate parental involvement in the education of children. Keywords: Migration; educational policy; poverty; primary schools; supervisors Education Policy Analysis Archives No. 25 Vol. 13 2 Impacto de los movimientos de población internos en la escolarización proceso en Turquía: Las opiniones de los supervisores Resumen: En este estudio se trató de examinar el impacto de los movimientos de población interregionales y urbano-rurales en las escuelas ubicadas en zonas sometidas a altos flujos de inmigración y emigración en Turquía, sobre la base de datos recogidos de los supervisores de escuelas primarias (número= 150). Se utilizó un diseño de encuesta transversal para examinar los problemas más apremiantes a los que se enfrentan esas escuelas y las posibles medidas que podrían adoptar los distintos grupos de interés. Los datos globales sugieren que esas escuelas prestan servicios, en su mayoría, a poblaciones desfavorecidas de familias pobres. Entre los principales retos revelados se encuentra la falta de suficientes recursos escolares e instalaciones deficientes, problemas causados debido a la aplicación ineficaz e inoportuna del programa, a la alta rotación de personal y a la contratación de personal docente en gran medida sin experiencia y relativamente menos cualificados, así como niveles más bajos de participación de los padres en la escolarización de sus hijos. En consecuencia, las recomendaciones propuestas se centraron en medidas para eliminar las limitaciones de capacidad y recursos, mejorar las prácticas de contratación y asegurar la supervisión y apoyo adecuados para el personal educativo, satisfacer las necesidades académicas y socio-emocionales de los estudiantes y facilitar la implicación de los padres en la educación de los niños. Palabras clave: Migración; política educativa; pobreza; escuelas primarias; supervisores Impacto dos movimentos migratórios no ...

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