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<p>This study is an investigation of newly arrived young Iraqis and their view on obstacles and opportunities available in a secondary school in Södertälje City. This is also a comparative study between the newly arrived Iraqis schooling in Iraq and in Sweden. We have used theoretical concepts such as culture, ethnicity, refugee, intercultural education, socialization and PTSD. These have helped us to provide distinct guidelines when we analyze newly arrived young Iraqis in Södertälje City. Our approach has been based on qualitative interviews with both students and teachers. We have concluded that the Iraqi students that we interviewed did not feel that there were opportunities in the Iraqi school, but obstacles did exist. However, we discovered that all students experienced a lot of opportunities and some obstacles in the Swedish school. In our final discussion, we concluded that the Swedish school should invest more time and resources for newly arrived refugees with traumatic backgrounds.</p>

This study is an investigation of newly arrived young Iraqis and their view on obstacles and opportunities available in a secondary school in Södertälje City. This is also a comparative study between the newly arrived Iraqis schooling in Iraq and in Sweden. We have used theoretical concepts such as culture, ethnicity, refugee, intercultural education, socialization and PTSD. These have helped us to provide distinct guidelines when we analyze newly arrived young Iraqis in Södertälje City. Our approach has been based on qualitative interviews with both students and teachers. We have concluded that the Iraqi students that we interviewed did not feel that there were opportunities in the Iraqi school, but obstacles did exist. However, we discovered that all students experienced a lot of opportunities and some obstacles in the Swedish school. In our final discussion, we concluded that the Swedish school should invest more time and resources for newly arrived refugees with traumatic backgrounds.

Syftet i uppsatsen är att lyfta upp pedagogernas synsätt och uppfattningar om arbetet i förskolan med nyanlända och flerspråkiga barn. Uppsatsen utgår från en kvalitativ metod med förutsättning ett fenomenografisk perspektiv av ostrukturerade intervjuer. En intervjuguide med öppna och slutna frågor har använts för att få belysa pedagogernas erfarenheter och empirin i arbetet med dessa barn. Intervjuerna genomfördes med pedagoger i förskolan samt i förskoleklassen för att fånga in olika uppfattningar utifrån olika förutsättningar. Samtidigt intervjuades en rektor som tidigare arbetade med barn för att förstå hur hen uppfattar arbetet med nyanlända och flerspråkiga barn utifrån sin yrkesroll. Resultatet visar att det centrala i arbetet med nyanlända och flerspråkiga barn som utvecklar barnens språkinlärning och socialisering är kategorierna: förskollärarens förhållningssätt, barnens trygghet, kartläggningen av barnens erfarenheter och kunskaper, bildstödet, högläsningen och systematiska upprepningar som verktyg och arbetsmetod, samt samverkan med föräldrarna. Det visar sig att det avgörande i arbetet med nyanlända och flerspråkiga barn är stadens och statens stöd med bidrag som underlättar betydande förskollärarens arbete. Samtidigt är förskollärarens förhållningssätt avgörande för att se andra språk som verktyg och tillgång för att skapa trygghet och stötta barnens socialisering.

The aim of this study is to investigate the inclusion of low-proficiency students in grades 4-6 in EFL classrooms in Sweden. The low-proficiency students are identified as new arrivals who are still in the process of mastering the Swedish language and Swedish speakers who have a negative attitude and low motivation towards the learning of English language. The methods used to collect data were interviews and classroom observations of four certified English teachers in grades 4-6. The findings of this study showed that the teachers supported the inclusion of low-proficiency students through differentiated methods and scaffolding. The results revealed that a lack of common language is an obstacle in the inclusion of new arrivals in the EFL classrooms.

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Utrikes födda befinner sig i en utsatt situation på den svenska arbetsmarknaden och uppvisar en betydligt lägre sysselsättningsgrad än inrikes födda. Syftet med studien är att utifrån handläggares perspektiv undersöka vilka möjligheter och hinder de upplever i arbetet med nyanlända inom Arbetsförmedlingens etableringsprogram. Studiens empiriska material har analyserats och förstås med stöd av nyinstitutionell teori, Lipskys teori om gräsrotsbyråkrati, Hasenfelds teorier om människobehandlande organisationer och Maslows behovstrappa. Studien utgår från en kvalitativ metod där det insamlade materialet består av sju halvstrukturerade intervjuer med arbetsförmedlare vilka arbetar med etableringsprogrammet. Tidigare forskning presenterar nyanländas förutsättningar att integrera sig i det svenska samhället, arbetsmarknadsprogrammens effektivitet samt gräsrotsbyråkratens förutsättningar. Resultatet visar att handläggarna upplever sitt arbete flexibelt och att de har ett stort handlingsutrymme, trots att de behöver förhålla sig till organisatoriska och politiska riktlinjer, vilket kan skapa både hinder och möjligheter i arbetet med deltagarna. Det framkom att en ekonomisk- och social integration samt en hållbar boendesituation är nödvändiga aspekter i den nyanländas liv för att möjliggöra en fungerande integration. Studien kan synliggöra främjande och hindrande faktorer till en gynnande etablering av nyanlända samt bidra till insikt kring vilka insatser och medel som behöver förbättras för att underlätta arbetet med målgruppen. / Foreign born are in a vulnerable situation on the Swedish labour market and show a significantly lower employment rate than the native born. The purpose is to examine the case manager's perspective of what opportunities and obstacles they experience in working with immigrants within the Employment Service's establishment program. The study's empirical material has been analysed based on the institutionalized organizations theory, Lipsky's theory of street-level bureaucracies, Hasenfeld's theories of human service organizations and Maslow's hierarchy of needs. The study is based on a qualitative method and the questions have been answered through seven semi-structured interviews with case managers who work with the establishment program. Previous research presents the prerequisites of new arrivals to integrate into Swedish society, effectiveness of labour market programs and prerequisites of street-level bureaucrats. The result shows that the case managers experience their work flexibly and that they have a large room of action, even though they need to adhere to organizational and political guidelines, which can create both obstacles and opportunities in the work with the participants. It emerged that economic and social integration as well as a sustainable housing situation are necessary aspects in the immigrant's life to enable a functioning integration.

Over the past decade, there has been a noticeable increase in the enrollment of foreign-born children in Swedish schools. While Swedish as a second language has its own curriculum, there appears to be a lack of emphasis on teaching English to new arrivals. Despite English being a compulsory subject in the Swedish education system, there is inconsistency among teachers in their approaches to teaching it to new arrivals. This study specifically focuses on children of Middle Eastern descent, whose native language is Arabic. It investigates whether new arrivals are effectively accommodated in the classroom while learning English as a third language, and if so, what specific accommodations are provided. To achieve the results of this study, interviews with teachers and student questionnaires have been conducted to assess and compare the alignment of teaching methodology between them. As a result, plurilingual teachers, proficient in multiple languages, seem to have a significant advantage in teaching and communicating with new arrivals, particularly if they share the same native language. The objective of this study is to investigate the possible advantages which plurilingual teachers have within the Swedish school system.

This study aims to identify the municipalities of Hallands’ methods, guidelines and policies in integration concerning new arrivals of children and teenagers. Some of the new arrivals are under the power of Swedish Migration Board and some of them are by a contract handed over to the municipalities. The evaluation is based on Michael Lipskys street-level bureaucracy which puts its focus on the lower level of bureaucrats meeting with clients. The frame is Skolverkets guideline for education of new arrivals which is more or less a way towards a common policy. The other document used to put up evaluation criteria’s is the Integration office united goals towards the receiving of new arrivals. The material for this evaluation is empirical in the sense of interviews made in the municipalities and document handed from each responsible bureaucrat. The result shows implications of the wide interpretation that the municipalities have. Some of them follow the directions and stop there, while others form routines and policies which go beyond the expectations. The conclusion of this study is that some municipalities have a lack of structure in the area for new arrivals of children and teenagers. This is in most of the cases because there also is a lack of liability areas. Most of the jobs are handed over to the principals who in the same way hand theirs over to the teachers. Bureaucrats need to know what is expected and there need to be documents or a reliable structure to work under.

På grund av den globala flyktingkrisen har invandringen ökat markant i Sverige (SCB, 2017). Etableringsreformen genomfördes 2010 för att hantera de samhälleliga utmaningar som identifierats och med huvudsyfte att påskynda nyanländas etablering på arbetsmarknaden (lag 2010:197). Ansvaret för nyanländas etablering fördelades på olika aktörer där Arbetsförmedlingen fick det primära ansvaret. Arbetsförmedlingens främsta uppgift är att stödja nyanlända att etableras på arbetsmarknaden, vilket innebar att såväl familje- och barnperspektivet som hälsoperspektivet hamnade i bakgrunden av integrationsarbetet. Etableringsreformen innebar även att det är varje kommun som står för integrationsarbetet, vilket kan se olika ut beroende på intresse och förutsättningar. Vidare arbetar myndigheter i så kallad vertikal samordning, som bland annat innebär att ansvarsfördelning mellan angränsande uppdrag kan bli en utmaning (Bolman &amp; Deal, 2012). Det kan också innebära utmaningar för nyanlända som ofta har flera olika kontakter med myndigheter och andra verksamheter. I kommunen där föreliggande studie är genomförd identifierades ett behov av en länkande funktion mellan verksamheterna och de nyanlända, därav valdes det att anställa personal i uppdrag som denna länk. Kommunen har valt att benämna dem som samhällsvägledare med brobyggarfunktion. Studiens syfte är att undersöka förutsättningarna för integrationsarbetet i kommunen, samt samhällsvägledarnas yrkesroll och utveckling av professionell kunskap i deras hälsofrämjande integrationsarbete. Studien genomfördes med kvalitativ metod där inspiration hämtats från den hermeneutiska ansatsen. Semistrukturerad intervju och dokument utgör empirin där tematisk analys genomförts. Resultatet visar att samhällsvägledarnas arbete i huvudsak sker som möten med enskilda individer som de följer i sina ärenden. Arbetet kräver stor anpassningsförmåga och bred kunskap, då det är tydligt behovsstyrt utifrån de enskilda nyanlända. Detta är möjligt inom ramen för etableringens riktlinjer och att samhällsvägledaren arbetar mellan verksamheterna och nyanlända. Utvecklingen av samhällsvägledarens professionella kunskap sker i det dagliga integrationsarbetet. Exempelvis möter de utmaningar som ger inlärningsmöjligheter vid samtal med nyanlända. Samhällsvägledaren står i kontakt med verksamheter i kommunen och lär sig hur dessa arbetar, vilket underlättar deras arbete när de möter nyanlända med liknande behov. Samhällsvägledarnas egen livserfarenhet och kulturella kunskap utgör en annan förutsättning för integrationsarbetet. Vidare kan arbetet anses som hälsofrämjande insatser, genom att samhällsvägledaren tydliggör funktioner i samhället som att förklara hur Arbetsförmedlingen fungerar eller hänvisa till Försäkringskassan. Nyanlända kommer i kontakt med rätt verksamhet utifrån sitt behov via samhällsvägledaren vilket kan skynda på etableringsprocessen. Yrkesrollen är ny och relativt outforskad, vilket gör att studien bidrar till viktig kunskap för integrationsarbetet, vilka kompetenser som kan stödja arbetet och hur yrkesroller som ingår i detta kan utvecklas. / Because of the global migrant crisis, the immigration to Sweden has increased markedly (SCB, 2017). The Establishment Reform was implemented in 2010 to handle the social challenges that were identified and its main purpose was to accelerate the newly arrived's establishment in the job market (lag 2010:197). The responsibility for handling the establishment of the newly arrived was allocated among different actors, were Arbetsförmedlingen was assigned the main responsibility. The primary task of Arbetsförmedlingen is to support the newly arrived to establish themselves in the job market, which entailed that the family perspective and children perspective, as well as the health perspective ended up in the background of the integration work. The Establishment Reform also meant that each municipality is responsible for the integration work, which may look different depending on interest and preconditions. Furthermore, authorities work in what is called "vertical coordination", meaning, among other things, that the assignment of responsibility between delimited assignment may become a challenge (Bolman &amp; Deal, 2012). It may also mean challenges for the newly arrived, which is often in contact with numerous authorities and other operations. For the municipality were the aforementioned study was carried out, a need was identified for a function which bridged the gap between operations and the newly arrived, hence personel was hired to carry out this function. The municipality choose to denominate these personel as Community Guidance workers with bridging capabilities. The objective of the study was to examine the municipality's integration work preconditions, as well as the Community Guidance worker's profession and the development of professional knowledge for their health promotional integration work. The study was carried out using a quality method, were inspiration was drawn from the hermeneutic approach. Semi-structured interviews and documents constitutes the empirics were thematic analysis were performed. The result of the study shows that the Community Guidance worker's job mainly is carried out as meetings between individuals that they follow in their matters. The work of the Social Guidance worker demands a great ability to adapt and a broad knowledge, as it is distinctively based on the needs of the newly arrived individual. This is possible within the scope of the establishment's guidelines and that the Community Guidance worker works between the operations and the newly arrived. The development of the Community Guidance worker's professional knowledge is formed in the everyday integration work. They will for instance happen upon challenges that will bring about learning possibilities through conversations with the newly arrived. The Community Guidance worker is in contact with the operations in the municipality and will gain knowledge regarding how they work, which in turn will facilitate their own work when the meet newly arrived with similar needs. The Community Guidance worker's own life experiences and cultural understanding constitutes a different prerequisite for the integration work. Further, this work may be seen as health promotional efforts, as the Community Guidance worker clarifies social functions such as explaining how Arbetsförmedlingen works or refer them to Försäkringskassan. The newly arrived will be put I contact with the correct operation based on their need, via the Community Guidance worker, which may accelerate their establishment process. The profession is new and relatively unexplored, which makes this study a valuable contribution to integration work, what expertise will support integrationwork and how the professions that are part of this work may be developed.