20.500.12556/DiRROS-21274 Perceptions of Ukrainian and other refugees among eighth-graders in Slovenia characteristics of students towards inclusion of refugee students in mainstream schools There is a lack of empirical data on the school-age population’s attitudes toward refugees. Despite this, the attention being paid to the integration of refugee students in schools worldwide is increasing. Objectives: First, the present study aims to explore the attitudes of eighth-grade students in Slovenia regarding refugees and to investigate whether there are differences in their attitudes based on the geographical areas from where refugees originate. Second, the study also explores the connections between attitudes and some characteristics of students. Methods: The present study is quantitative; sample: 3466 respondents (representative sample; year 2022). Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression are used. Results: Most of the students would be willing to help refugees coming from any country. The students are least willing to help refugees from Syria and Afghanistan or Africa. A high proportion of students express fears about what refugees bring, though these fears are varied. Logistic regression shows that civic knowledge and positive attitudes towards immigrants are significantly and negatively related to students’ opinion that refugee children should study in separate schools, while student socio-economic status (SES) and own immigration status are not. Conclusions: The results call for different approaches to be maintained/introduced in schools for tolerance and reducing prejudices for (certain) groups of immigrants/refugees. refugee students Ukrainian refugees attitudes integration into mainstream schools eighth-grade students Slovenia vzgoja in izobraževanje učenci begunci ukrajinski begunci integracija odnos osmošolci Slovenija true false true Social sciences Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2025-01-22 08:39:47 2025-01-22 08:39:48 2025-01-29 07:55:41 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Opis vira z dne 17. 7. 2024; str. 1-19 No. 7, [article no.] 371 Vol. 13 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2024-01-01 314.15-93:37.014(497.4) 2076-0760 10.3390/socsci13070371 202094595 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/13/7/371 1 0fe41395-d894-11ef-ba3f-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=30213 socsci-13-00371.pdf socsci-13-00371.pdf 1 D05165ABF41FC5BD876848E957C3410D a2330cdafdf90402a3f2641e71a04051ea8a96803132fd0ada242dfa536e4a5b 477b099c-d894-11ef-ba3f-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=30214 Pedagoški inštitut 0 0 0