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responses 2009 ('05) |
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y8 |
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| 1. What is a refugee? | ||||||||||||||||
| has left his or her own country/region | 5 (6) | 25 (31) | ||||||||||||||
| usually left with few possessions/ homeless/poor | 19 (16) | 43 (44) | ||||||||||||||
| escaping danger/persecution/ hardship, etc. | 5 (3) | 20 (23) | ||||||||||||||
| often unsafe to return home | 3 (0) | 2 (0) | ||||||||||||||
| After
the student has given their response, clarify the meaning of refugee,
by saying to the student: “Refugees are people who have been forced to flee their country for safety in another country. They go to another country because it is not safe for them to stay in their own country.” Show picture to the student. |
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| 2. When refugees come to New Zealand, what is it that they have lost because they have had to leave their own country? Tell me as many things as you can think of. | ||||||||||||||||
people (e.g. family, friends) |
53 (64) | 81 (83) | ||||||||||||||
house
and/or other belongings/treasures (e.g. pets, livestock, land) |
78 (88) | 83 (76) | ||||||||||||||
activities
and lifestyle (cultural activities/customs/traditions/sports/ ways to do things/food/school/weather) |
17 (17) | 29 (27) | ||||||||||||||
the
usefulness of their first language |
1 (1) | 4 (3) | ||||||||||||||
job,
source of income, money |
11 (5) | 20 (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. What might be some of the hardest things for refugees to cope with when they arrive in a new country? Tell me as many things as you can think of. | ||||||||||||||||
| not speaking the language/ communication | 26 (36) | 40 (37) | ||||||||||||||
| missing family members and/ or friends left behind | 10 (12) | 19 (24) | ||||||||||||||
| not knowing anybody/ only knowing a few people | 20 (15) | 18 (23) | ||||||||||||||
| unfamiliar
local patterns and lifestyle (customs/traditions/laws/food/school/housing) |
38 (41) | 61 (51) | ||||||||||||||
| not having a job/money | 21 (22) | 26 (30) | ||||||||||||||
| not knowing where to find things (shops, church, etc.) | 10 (4) | 9 (7) | ||||||||||||||
Total
score: |
8–15
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1 (1) | 8 (5) | |||||||||||||
| 6–7
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8 (5) | 26 (31) | ||||||||||||||
| 4–5
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30 (37) | 39 (42) | ||||||||||||||
| 2–3
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44 (45) | 23 (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 0–1 | 17 (12) | 4
(7) |
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| Subgroup Analysis [Click on charts to enlarge] : |
Year 4  |
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| Commentary: |
More
year 8 than year 4 students understood what a refugee is, although
the understanding is not strong with less than half of year 8 students
identifying key characteristics. The majority of students at each year
level understood that refugees leave people and possessions behind
when they come to New Zealand, and understood some of the difficulties
they might have to cope with. Results were very similar in 2005 and
2009. |