Research project TEAMS: Understanding Levers of Integration in Scotland, Finland and Sweden

Within schools, teachers are key for creating opportunities for learning and participation. However, teachers may also inadvertently reinforce the barriers due to the assumptions embedded in the institutional structures, or their own unexamined beliefs.

This TEAMS project (Teaching that matters for migrant students) addresses the urgent need to understand and help teachers meet the needs of migrant students. It employs social network analysis and ethnographic research across six school sites in Scotland, Finland and Sweden to conduct a comprehensive analysis of both the structures and nature of teachers’ day-to-day interactions with students, their families, school colleagues, specialists and external agencies for building ‘protective networks’ to address barriers to learning for migrant students. The cross-country design allows us to gauge the impact of particular policies and strategies that facilitate migrant integration across contexts.

Read more about the project on the TEAMS website.