First-Year Physical Education Teachers’ Experiences With Teaching African Refugee Students

The purpose of this study was to analyze and explore theexperiences of eight first-year physical education teachers who have taught Africanrefugee students. Interviews were conducted at the end of each participant’s first yearof teaching. The findings of this study highlight the vast different learning styles ofstudents from Africa and the strategies that these teachers trialed and incorporatedinto their lessons in an attempt to minimize the disruptions they experienced when firstintroduced to the students. The results of this study, together with information fromthe literature, suggest that the training and education of teachers in Australia mustincorporate strategies for teaching students from different backgrounds, cultures, andliving situations to better facilitate the inclusion of them in school-based activitiesand learning