The study of the lived experience of Afghan students in interactions and communication within the school in the junior secondary school

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

nasrin karimizadeh ¹ (PhD student of Curriculum Planning, Shahid Behshti University, Tehran, Iran.)
kourosh Fathi vajargah ² (Professor, Department of Education, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Behshti University, Tehran, Iran.)
Mahboubeh Arefi ³ (Assistant Professor of Higher Education group. Faculty of Education and Psychology. Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran)
Alireza Sadeghi ⁴ (Assistant Professor of Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.)

Received: 2021-12-08 Accepted : 2022-10-23 Published : 2023-02-20

Keywords: interaction and communication, Lived experience, education,

Abstract :

The present study is qualitative research aimed at identifying and understanding the lived experiences of Afghan students from interactions and communication within the school in high school, which has been done using phenomenological method. Sampling method in this research is purposeful sampling method which is mostly used in phenomenological studies. For this purpose, the data were obtained through semi-structured interviews with 12 Afghan students who were studying in junior high schools in District 7 of Tehran in the academic year 1399-1499. In this way, 10 people were interviewed and nothing new was found in the tenth interview, but to be sure, the researcher continued the interview until the twelfth person to ensure saturation. Other tools such as journalism, field observation and note-taking were also used and the findings were analyzed by Van Manen method analysis. Research questions were designed about the relationship and interaction of Afghan students with their classmates and teachers, and the researcher sought to identify and understand what is going on in the interactions between Afghan students with their peers and teachers. After analyzing the interviews, facts such as humiliation of Afghan students, discriminatory behavior of some teachers towards Afghan students, self-censorship, existence of divisions among students, being marginalized, being considered secondary, not being seen and forced silence in Achieved among Afghan students. To examine the validity and reliability of the research, the method of expert review, data consensus means the use of multiple data sources and methodological consensus means the use of two or more methods in this research has been used.

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