{"title":"Teachers as street-level bureaucrats: Work with immigrant children in Israel","authors":"Adi Binhas","doi":"10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102003","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the West, public schools face the challenge of immigrant absorption. Lipsky’s theory of street-level bureaucrats (SLBs) argues that civil servants at the bottom of the hierarchy are the most significant in implementing policies. Based on interviews with twelve Israeli teachers, this study examines the conditions that lead teachers to become SLBs and how they influence policies related to migrant students on the ground and from the bottom up. As they play significant roles in immigrants’ lives, perhaps more than in other children’s lives, investment in appropriate training for these teachers is recommended.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48216,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Intercultural Relations","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147176724000725","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In the West, public schools face the challenge of immigrant absorption. Lipsky’s theory of street-level bureaucrats (SLBs) argues that civil servants at the bottom of the hierarchy are the most significant in implementing policies. Based on interviews with twelve Israeli teachers, this study examines the conditions that lead teachers to become SLBs and how they influence policies related to migrant students on the ground and from the bottom up. As they play significant roles in immigrants’ lives, perhaps more than in other children’s lives, investment in appropriate training for these teachers is recommended.
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IJIR is dedicated to advancing knowledge and understanding of theory, practice, and research in intergroup relations. The contents encompass theoretical developments, field-based evaluations of training techniques, empirical discussions of cultural similarities and differences, and critical descriptions of new training approaches. Papers selected for publication in IJIR are judged to increase our understanding of intergroup tensions and harmony. Issue-oriented and cross-discipline discussion is encouraged. The highest priority is given to manuscripts that join theory, practice, and field research design. By theory, we mean conceptual schemes focused on the nature of cultural differences and similarities.
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