- Title
- 'I love being the teacher with an accent': a counterstory from a former refugee from Sudan
- Creator
- Kodi, Iglal; Thapliyal, Nisha
- Relation
- Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning Vol. 21, Issue 2, p. 24-43
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.5456/wpll.21.2.24
- Publisher
- Staffordshire University * Institute for Access Studies
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Teachers from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds are underrepresented in the Australian teaching profession. Furthermore, teachers and students from these backgrounds continue to report challenges of 'othering' and ostracising in their everyday experiences of teaching and social interaction in Australian schools. This paper presents a counterstory of the educational journey of a Sudanese–Australian teacher and former refugee who arrived in Australia as a teenager. Iglal's journey towards becoming a teacher began in Sudan, continued in Egypt and came to fruition in Australia. This article documents the spiritual, emotional and mental hard work of the storyteller to overcome barriers to her education. It makes connections between lived experience and larger social contexts that shape experiences of education in resettlement contexts. It is hoped that the findings will inform not only initiatives to diversify the teaching profession, but also efforts to create and sustain globally aware and active teachers regardless of their cultural background.
- Subject
- refugee; Sudansese-Australian; teacher education; English as a second language; higher education
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1453397
- Identifier
- uon:44667
- Identifier
- ISSN:1466-6529
- Language
- eng
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