Communication and Group Work in the Multicultural Classroom: Immigrant Students’ Experiences
The paper is part of the qualitative research project Educational Aspirations, Opportunities and Challenges for Immigrants in University Education in Iceland, conducted in Iceland’s three biggest universities. The main goal of the paper is to investigate immigrant students’ experiences of communicat...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:c5715bbc8458480b94484538bd861a54 2023-05-15T16:47:51+02:00 Communication and Group Work in the Multicultural Classroom: Immigrant Students’ Experiences Artem Ingmar Benediktsson* Hanna Ragnarsdottir 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.12973/eu-jer.8.2.453 https://doaj.org/article/c5715bbc8458480b94484538bd861a54 EN eng RU Publications http://eu-jer.com/EU-JER_8_2_453.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/2165-8714 2165-8714 doi:10.12973/eu-jer.8.2.453 https://doaj.org/article/c5715bbc8458480b94484538bd861a54 European Journal of Educational Research, Vol 8, Iss 2, Pp 453-465 (2019) Communication group work immigrant students higher education Iceland Education L article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.12973/eu-jer.8.2.453 2022-12-31T01:44:31Z The paper is part of the qualitative research project Educational Aspirations, Opportunities and Challenges for Immigrants in University Education in Iceland, conducted in Iceland’s three biggest universities. The main goal of the paper is to investigate immigrant students’ experiences of communication with teachers during the learning process and their perspectives on multicultural group work. Furthermore, the paper explores immigrant students’ experiences of learner-centred approach and culturally responsive teaching methods applied by some teachers. The data was collected through focus group interviews and qualitative, semi-structured individual interviews with immigrant students. The theoretical framework is mainly based on the constructivist theory, which emphasises the importance of communication and the learner-centred approach. Additionally, the theoretical framework includes multicultural education theory, which puts an emphasis on applying culturally responsive teaching methods in classrooms with diverse student populations. The analysis of the interviews revealed that the participants’ experiences of communication with teachers and peers were mostly positive. However, culturally responsive teaching is still a rare phenomenon in Icelandic universities. When it comes to the participants’ perspectives on group work, the experiences ranged from being highly positive to negative. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles European Journal of Educational Research 8 2 453 465 |
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The paper is part of the qualitative research project Educational Aspirations, Opportunities and Challenges for Immigrants in University Education in Iceland, conducted in Iceland’s three biggest universities. The main goal of the paper is to investigate immigrant students’ experiences of communication with teachers during the learning process and their perspectives on multicultural group work. Furthermore, the paper explores immigrant students’ experiences of learner-centred approach and culturally responsive teaching methods applied by some teachers. The data was collected through focus group interviews and qualitative, semi-structured individual interviews with immigrant students. The theoretical framework is mainly based on the constructivist theory, which emphasises the importance of communication and the learner-centred approach. Additionally, the theoretical framework includes multicultural education theory, which puts an emphasis on applying culturally responsive teaching methods in classrooms with diverse student populations. The analysis of the interviews revealed that the participants’ experiences of communication with teachers and peers were mostly positive. However, culturally responsive teaching is still a rare phenomenon in Icelandic universities. When it comes to the participants’ perspectives on group work, the experiences ranged from being highly positive to negative. |
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