Rethinking Communication Strategies: Parents and Educators’ Views of Their Communication About Somali Students

• In Event: New Developments in Conflict Resolution

Abstract

This study brings out the voices of parents and teachers of recent Somali refugees in a study that aimed learn those teachers’ experiences working with Somali children in their schools. This qualitative study reveals tensions, barriers, and other factors influencing the way parents and teachers think about and address communication and conflict issues with each other involving Somali refugees. This study seeks effective ways to facilitate constructive participation and communication between Somali parents and the schools in which their children attend, by offering recommendations that would help both Somali parents and school personnel in enhancing ways to recognize effective and constructive ways to communicate with each other about Somali students as they go through school.

Author

• Wangari Gichiru, Central Connecticut State University