How do teachers exercise relational agency for supporting migrant students within social networks in schools from Scotland, Finland, and Sweden?
Year of publication
2024
Authors
Pantić, Nataša; Sarazin, Marc; Coppe, Thibault; Oral, Didem; Manninen, Eveliina; Silvennoinen, Kaisa; Lund, Anna; Hökkä, Päivi; Vähäsantanen, Katja; Li, Shupin
Abstract
This study examines how teachers exercise relational agency - working flexibly with other actors in their social networks to support migrant students. Teachers and other staff members from 7 schools in Scotland, Finland and Sweden participated in social network surveys (n = 1116), online logs (n = 275) and interviews (n = 82). A mixed-method social network analysis shows how networks facilitate relational agency as teachers reach out to others to mobilise resources and tacit knowledge within their school communities. The findings point to the critical role of professional collaboration and suggest that social networks shape how teachers work with specialists to support migrant students.
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University of Turku
Li Shupin
Publication type
Publication format
Article
Parent publication type
Journal
Article type
Original article
Audience
ScientificPeer-reviewed
Peer-ReviewedMINEDU's publication type classification code
A1 Journal article (refereed), original researchPublication channel information
Journal
Publisher
Volume
139
Article number
104442
ISSN
Publication forum
Publication forum level
3
Open access
Open access in the publisher’s service
Yes
Open access of publication channel
Partially open publication channel
Self-archived
Yes
License of the self-archived publication
CC BY
Other information
Fields of science
Educational sciences
Keywords
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Publication country
United Kingdom
Internationality of the publisher
International
Language
English
International co-publication
Yes
Co-publication with a company
No
DOI
10.1016/j.tate.2023.104442
The publication is included in the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Publication data collection
Yes