How do teachers exercise relational agency for supporting migrant students within social networks in schools from Scotland, Finland, and Sweden?




Pantić Nataša, Sarazin Marc, Coppe Thibault, Oral Didem, Manninen Eveliina, Silvennoinen Kaisa, Lund Anna, Hökkä Päivi, Vähäsantanen Katja, Li Shupin

PublisherPERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

OXFORD

2024

Teaching and Teacher Education

TEACH TEACH EDUC

104442

139

14

0742-051X

1879-2480

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2023.104442

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0742051X23004304?via%3Dihub

https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/387184164



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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