Professional development of newly arrived teachers in Sweden
| Published date | 01 April 2022 |
| Author | Eatessam Al‐Shakrchy,Maria Jansson |
| Date | 01 April 2022 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12854 |
International Migration. 2022;60:81–94.
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INTRODUCTION
In 2015, the world ex perienced the worst refuge e crisis since World War II, with almost 5 0 million people being
forcibly displaced. At the end of 2015, more than 162,000 people had applied for asylum in Sweden, a 500%
increase compared with 2010. Due to the war in Syria, the group of Syrian refugees accounted for the highest
Received: 8 Sept ember 2020
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Revised: 18 March 2021
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Accepted: 24 March 2021
DOI: 10 .1111/imig .12854
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Professional development of newly arrived
teachers in Sweden
EatessamAl-Shakrchy | Maria Jansson
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© 2021 The Author s. International Migration published by John Wil ey & Sons Ltd on behalf of In ternational Org anization for
Migration
Departm ent of sociology and w ork science,
Universit y of Gothenburg, G othenburg,
Sweden
Correspondence
Eatessam Al- sh akrchy, Departme nt of
Sociology a nd Work Science, Univ ersity
of Gothenbur g, PO Box 720, 405 30
Gothenburg, Sweden.
Email: eatessam.al-shakrchy@gu.se
ABSTRACT
In 2016, the government- funded Fast Track for Newly
Arrived Teachers and Preschool Teachers programme
was introduced in Sweden. The initiative stemmed from
a shortage of teachers and preschool teachers alongside
a relatively large number of educated and experienced
teachers among new ly arrived immigrants. This stu dy uses
both qualitative and quantitative data to present the par-
ticipants’ perspectives of the professional development
offered by the Fast Track programme. The experiences of
participants reveal challenges encountered in a new social
and cultural fiel d. This study uses the framewor k of human
capital and soci al capital theory. The results show t hat the
vast majority of participants perceive that they gain pro-
fessional development through the Fast Track programme
with the help of bonding and bridging social capital.
However, Swedish administrative processes, cultural bar-
riers, such as langu age proficiency, and slow adaptation to
the new educational context seem to hinder professional
development and integration .
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