Qualitative Analysis Of Immigrant Teachers

The focus of this study was to use qualitative and narrative research approach to recreate the stories of immigrant teachers by exploring and reflecting on the lived experiences of Indian immigrant teachers. Based on the idea that human beings live storied lives and the narrative inquiry provides an ideal framework to write the lived experiences of these professionals as they adapting a new culture in their new surroundings. The study analysed the stories to identify the barriers that impact them from continuing their professional endeavours. Narrative research approach acknowledges the systemic inequities and power imbalances that contribute to the marginalized and problematized outlook these immigrant teachers. This study aspires to gain

As Bellenger, Bernhardt and Goldstucker (2011) also stated that “qualitative research involves finding out what people think, and how they feel - or at any rate, what they say they think and how they say they feel. This kind of information is subjective. It involves feelings and impressions, rather than numbers” (p.2). Qualitative research seeks to investigate deeply the research setting in order to obtain understandings about the way things are, why they are that way, and how the participants in the particular settings perceive them (Gay, Geoffrey, & Airasian, 2015). In this study how the immigrant ECE teachers who volunteer yo participate perceived the cultural

Experiences and stories are shared in many ways and have different functions in different cultures and communities. In some cultures, the story teller expects the listeners to supply the story's ending and his dialogical blurring of teller's and listener's roles means that researchers need to examine their own culture expectations when listening to stories. Through the narrative I perceived how social realities impact teachers and how they choose to interpret it (Cohen, Manion & Morrison,