This paper explores the challenges and opportunities surrounding the recruitment and retention of minority ethnic teachers in England. Drawing on interview data from 33 teachers and school leaders of diverse ethnic backgrounds, it investigates whether racialised barriers identified in earlier research have shifted in the current context of teacher shortages and workforce diversification efforts. The…

Flerspråkiga mattelärare navigerar mellan olika utbildningssystem och riskerar att hamna utanför lärarkollegiet, visar Danai Dafnopoulous avhandling. "Du måste bevisa att du är en bra mattelärare, även om du är utbildad och certifierad i ditt hemland", säger hon.

Skolverkets riktade insatser i syfte att förbättra mottagandet och undervisningskvaliteten för nyanlända och elever med annat modersmål än svenska ledde till högre resultat på de nationella proven i matematik och svenska. Insatserna var behovsanpassade och bestod av kompetensutveckling för lärare och stöd till skolledning i kommuner med stort flyktingmottagande (pdf).

Skolverkets riktade insatser för att förbättra undervisningskvaliteten för nyanlända och elever med annat modersmål än svenska har lett till bestående förbättringar av resultaten på de nationella proven.

The language introduction programme and the paths of newly arrived youths through the Swedish educational system. This article analyses organisational aspects of the Swedish language introduction programme for newly arrived youths and the implications for their following transitions and career paths. This article draws on 52 interviews with students, teachers, career counsellors and principals. (pdf)

På fritidshem där de flesta elever har olika etniska bakgrunder fungerar det sociala samspelet väl, trots att barnen har flera olika modersmål. Men barn med helsvensk bakgrund hamnar ofta utanför, visar en ny studie.

School health educational content often entails different subject areas and a variety of topics that students are supposed to learn, and when taught in diverse classrooms, potentially positions students as at-risk. Using vignettes in interviews with migrant students in Sweden, the study focuses on views of the content of health education in relation to different…

Det stiller meget store krav til lærerne, når der ikke findes gode læremidler til nyankomne og flersprogede elever, siger professor Joke Dewilde. De risikerer ubevidst at genskabe ubehagelige hierarkier i klassen.

Increase in immigration in Europe, including many migrants of school age, has highlighted the need to understand how best to support migrant students’ integration. Integration strategies vary significantly between countries, resulting in a complex mosaic of approaches that is difficult to analyze. Educational policies are shaped by a range of policy choices made by local…

The purpose of this study was to contribute to the knowledge about early childhood education and care personnel's perception of the support structures that are most effective in assisting them in their work with culturally and linguistically diverse children. This qualitative case-based study examined one of Finland's most culturally diverse regions. (pdf) 

Tvungne migranter til Norge har «rett og plikt» til å delta i det norske Introduksjonsprogrammet. Dette programmet har som formål å gi nyankomne innvandrere norskkunnskaper og annen kompetanse som regnes som grunnleggende for å delta i det norske samfunn og arbeidsliv. Med utgangspunkt i data fra et etnografisk prosjekt hvor språklæringen til flyktninger fra Den…

The article explores how students in a linguistically and ethnically diverse neighbourhood are constructed and positioned by school professionals, and how this influences teaching and other school practices.