Issues in Newcomer Education in Smaller Centers : Toward Understanding Educators’ Perspectives

Doyle, Antoinette; Li, Xuemei; Grineva, Marina

doi:10.18848/2327-0128/cgp/v23i04/1-17

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“…Current educational research on newcomer integration issues in NL has explored traditional ways of academic and social support, such as setting up language and academic bridging programs, providing for sports and extracurricular activities, and promoting peer interaction (Doyle, Li, & Grineva, 2016;Li, Doyle, Lymburner, & Ghadi, 2016;Li & Que, 2016;). Our OS project was a creative addition to the things we can do to foster the growth and well-being of immigrant and refugee youth in this province.…”

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The Open Studio: Exploring Immigrant and Refugee Youth Experiences of Belonging through Community-Based Arts Practice

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McLeod

2018

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The Open Studio is a publicly accessible art-making space grounded in ideals of collaborative community development, Adlerian theory, social justice, and feminist thoughts. Our project involved visual art-making and exploring high school immigrant students’ experiences of inclusion and belonging. The purpose was to help immigrant and refugee youth to adapt to a city in Newfoundland, where newcomers often face an insider/outsider dynamic of disconnection. The Open Studio was structured along seven parameters: focus on intentional art-making; no judgmental commentary (positive or negative); non-evaluative in nature; no forced participation, including witnessing and sharing; and as importantly, participatory involvement of facilitators. The participant-planned and hosted final school exhibit contributed to learning, sharing, and group cohesiveness. A plain language needs assessment, semi-structured interviews, and focus group, were also used to generate data on how an Open Studio informs cultural experiences and feelings of integration and belonging. Keywords: Immigrant and refugee youth, art-making, belonging, integration

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confidence: 99%