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dc.contributor.advisorAalto, Eija
dc.contributor.advisorKoivula, Merja
dc.contributor.authorKim, Ahee
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-20T11:24:06Z
dc.date.available2022-06-20T11:24:06Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/81900
dc.description.abstractDespite host countries’ efforts to follow international conventions in protecting the childhood of refugee children through quality education, there has hardly been any research conducted on the complex childhoods of refugee children and academic representations of it is scarce. As the rate of forced displacement increases, qualitative studies play an important role in inviting readers to listen to the real stories of refugee children behind the statistics. In this ethnographic case study, a group of young refugee children (n=9) and teachers (n=4) in an early childhood education program in Berlin, Germany: Frühe Bildung vor Ort (FBO), were observed and interviewed. The researcher, who had previously worked in the FBO, re-visited the group as a participant-observer, collected data, and analyzed it by using qualitative thematic analysis. The results show that refugee children exercise their agency as they communicate using different tools, personalize their play activities, participate in activities with peers, and adapt to the existing educational systems they are placed into. Moreover, the teachers demonstrated their support for children’s agency by leading activities based on children’s interests and ideas, engaging in interactive dialogues, caring, and recognizing the importance of parental engagement. This study challenges a deficit-conception of refugee children as ‘not-yet-integrated’ and suggests an agency-based perspective for policymakers, educators, frontline workers, or volunteers working with refugee children when organizing educational programs with them.en
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dc.language.isoen
dc.subject.otherchildren's agency
dc.subject.otherethnographic case study
dc.subject.otherGermany
dc.titleRefugee children’s agency in a host country’s Early Childhood Education Program : Ethnographic case study in Berlin, Germany
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-202206203508
dc.type.ontasotPro gradu -tutkielmafi
dc.type.ontasotMaster’s thesisen
dc.contributor.tiedekuntaKasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekuntafi
dc.contributor.tiedekuntaFaculty of Education and Psychologyen
dc.contributor.laitosKasvatustieteiden laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Educationen
dc.contributor.yliopistoJyväskylän yliopistofi
dc.contributor.yliopistoUniversity of Jyväskyläen
dc.contributor.oppiaineMaster's Degree Programme in Educationfi
dc.contributor.oppiaineMaster's Degree Programme in Educationen
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dc.type.publicationmasterThesis
dc.contributor.oppiainekoodi102
dc.subject.ysopakolaiset
dc.subject.ysolapset (ikäryhmät)
dc.subject.ysovarhaiskasvatus
dc.subject.ysomaahanmuuttajat
dc.subject.ysoopettajat
dc.subject.ysokoulutus
dc.subject.ysopakolaispolitiikka
dc.subject.ysolapsuus
dc.subject.ysorefugees
dc.subject.ysochildren (age groups)
dc.subject.ysoearly childhood education and care
dc.subject.ysomigrants
dc.subject.ysoteachers
dc.subject.ysoeducation and training
dc.subject.ysorefugee policy
dc.subject.ysochildhood
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