Con Amore: Exploring How Italian School Leaders and Teachers Accommodate Immigrant Students

• In Event: Supporting Immigrant Communities, Refugees, and Girls: Promising Pedagogies and Programs

Abstract

In this study, I explored the perception of school leaders and teachers in a rural middle school in Southern Italy. For my conceptual framework, I pulled on three bodies of scholarship:
intercultural education, the overall importance of school leaders, and teachers’ attitudes towards immigrant students. I conducted a basic qualitative study using interviews, documents, and field notes as part of my data collection. This study aimed at answering two significant questions. First, how did school leaders attend to the increase in immigrant students in a rural middle school in Southern Italy? The second question focused on the perceptions of Italian teachers in a rural middle school in Southern Italy on how they supported immigrant students.

Author

• Arianna Di Puorto, University of North Carolina - Greensboro