K (student): ‘I need to think about new ways to bring their home and culture into the class’. Preservice Teachers Develop a Culturally Relevant Pedagogy

Eliyahu-Levi, Dolly; Ganz-Meishar, Michal

doi:10.1080/14681366.2021.1933577

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“…Studies in education indicate [7,10,32] that educators play an essential and significant role concerning children from families of asylum seekers. The children describe a positive relationship of trust between them and the teachers.…”

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Educators as Health and Education Mediators for African Asylum Seekers in Israel

Eliyahu-Levi

2022

IJERPH

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Israel is not isolated from the global migration process. It is required to provide a medical, educational, and socio-cultural response to the integration of tens of thousands of African asylum seekers. This qualitative-phenomenological study collected data from 15 educators as a primary source and learned about their actions to mediate health and educational issues for African asylum seekers. The findings reveal four categories: (1) a healthy lifestyle; (2) emotional-behavioral; (3) learning disabilities and special needs; (4) diseases, vaccines, and medical treatments. It seems that educators are forced to take on roles traditionally entrusted to the state, and they have become agents of socialization who mediate between parents and the Israeli health and education system through personal relationships and individual conversations. This study reveals a dual reality: on the one hand, African asylum seekers experience alienation, exclusion, and violence; on the other hand, they gain a positive point of view when parents see the educators as loyal partners and sources of knowledge who can be consulted to receive help in routine times and during the coronavirus pandemic, a time in which they lost their livelihood, health insurance, and ability to understand the new rules of the lockdowns.

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“…The result is that children do not receive academic support and are unable to complete high school successfully. This fact is a blow to the young refugees' dreams of a better future [9][10][11][12].…”

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Educators as Health and Education Mediators for African Asylum Seekers in Israel

Eliyahu-Levi

2022

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“…The public education system in Israel has so far failed to build a real partnership with the immigrant parents and asylum seekers. Not a single official document of the Director General of the Ministry of Education addressed issues such as: planning recommended teaching methods and recommended curricula that address the cultural heritage and mother tongue of children, and educational activities that may increase parental involvement and promote their integration into the receiving society (Eliyahu‐Levi & Ganz‐Meishar, 2021; Moshe, 2014).…”

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Kindergarten teachers promote the participation experience of African Asylum‐Seeker families

Eliyahu-Levi

2022

International Migration

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African asylum seekers live in Israel in the realities of poverty, racism, and personal insecurity. From a sociological point of view, Participation is taking part in social processes, interacting with people, texts and technologies and it may affect all areas of life. This is a qualitative‐interpretive study that examines through interviews the participation experience from the perspective of eight African couples and six Israeli kindergarten teachers. The findings indicate: (1) Increasing the parents' sense of belonging, (2) Increasing the cultural participation, (3) Increasing community cohesion. Findings reveal a tension between the parents' desire to be involved and my reality of poverty and working around the clock that prevents their presence in educational activities. Under such complex conditions, kindergarten teachers worked to establish a positive personal relationship, strengthen the parents' sense of ability, overcome language barriers, and cultivate a sense of belonging from a perception that increasing participation would help them deal with integration challenges and livelihoods social rejection. The study has a theoretical and practical contribution, and its findings may be used by educators and policymakers regarding principles for action to promote the experience of participation and involvement of parents in educational settings.

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There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in reflective observation through encounters with statements of ‘White’ teachers and ‘Black’ students

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2024

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

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K (student): ‘I need to think about new ways to bring their home and culture into the class’. Preservice Teachers Develop a Culturally Relevant Pedagogy

Cited by 5 publications

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Educators as Health and Education Mediators for African Asylum Seekers in Israel

Educators as Health and Education Mediators for African Asylum Seekers in Israel

Kindergarten teachers promote the participation experience of African Asylum‐Seeker families

There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in reflective observation through encounters with statements of ‘White’ teachers and ‘Black’ students

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