Christie A.

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Advocacy and surveillance: primary schools teachers’ relationships with asylum-seeking mothers in Ireland
The article analyses the findings of a small-scale qualitative study in Ireland that examines interactions between asylum-seeking mothers and primary school teachers, and highlights the significance of teachers’ understandings of asylum in shaping home-school communications. Mothers and children in this study were living in Direct Provision, collective accommodation for asylum seekers in Ireland. The research identifies a number of concerns…
2018
Martin S. Horgan D. O’Riordan J. Christie A.
Detention & deportation Primary education Ireland Housing & accommodation Integration & assimilation Caregivers Teachers & educational staff Gender English