Migrant teachers and classroom encounters: processes of intercultural learning

Benson, Alan (2019) Migrant teachers and classroom encounters: processes of intercultural learning. London Review of Education, 17 (1). pp. 1-13. ISSN 1474-8460

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Recent migration combined with strategies to diversify the teacher workforce has led to complexities in teacher diversity identified by the term 'superdiversity' (Vertovec, 2006). This article builds on recent work on the processes of convergence and superdiversity (Wessendorf, 2011) by focusing on meaningful encounters in the mathematics classroom. A sociolinguistics approach is used to discuss the performance of teacher identity, focusing on accent. An analysis of power shows tensions between Standard English and local vernaculars, involving microaggressions and opportunities for intercultural learning. The article concludes by discussing coping with microaggressions and the systemic implications for school policies and initial teacher training. It shows how microaggressions offer opportunities for intercultural learning and how classroom spaces can be developed that promote both this and the dispositions of an intercultural habitus.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	superdiversity; intercultural; micro-aggressions; initial teacher training (ITT)
Subjects:	300 Social sciences > 370 Education
Department:	School of Social Professions (to June 2021) School of Social Sciences and Professions
Depositing User:	Alan Benson
Date Deposited:	18 Jun 2019 11:19
Last Modified:	18 Jun 2019 11:19
URI:	https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/id/eprint/4953

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