The Challenge of Returning Home: The Role of School and Teachers in The Well-Being of Finnish War Children, "Finnebørn", during and after World War II

Autor/inn/en	Pannula Toft, Pia; Paksuniemi, Merja; Westberg, Johannes
Titel	The Challenge of Returning Home: The Role of School and Teachers in The Well-Being of Finnish War Children, "Finnebørn", during and after World War II
Quelle	In: Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 54 (2018) 6, S.736-749 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Pannula Toft, Pia) ORCID (Paksuniemi, Merja) ORCID (Westberg, Johannes)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0030-9230
DOI	10.1080/00309230.2018.1521449
Schlagwörter	School Role; Teacher Role; Primary Sources; War; Foreign Countries; Children; Educational History; Second Language Learning; Indo European Languages; Well Being; Newspapers; Native Language; Finno Ugric Languages; Language Skill Attrition; Resilience (Psychology); Living Standards; Family Relationship; Adjustment (to Environment); Foster Care; Educational Experience; Denmark; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerrolle; Primärquelle; Krieg; Ausland; Child; Kind; Kinder; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Indoeuropäisch; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Newspaper; Zeitung; Sprachverfall; Lebensstandard; Pflegehilfe; Bildungserfahrung; Dänemark; Finnland
Abstract	The purpose of this article is to clarify what kind of role schools and teachers played in the well-being of Finnish war children during and after the Second World War. The study focuses on the children who were evacuated to Denmark, also known as Finnebørn, and their experiences and memories as war children in Denmark and returning evacuees back home in Finland. All together, 11 former Finnebørn were interviewed for the research. The interview data was supported by other primary sources such as published and unpublished written material and newspaper articles. This article explores the roles schools and teachers played in the lives of the evacuee children; what kind of influence an individual teacher had on Finnebørn's resilience processes; and finally, how schooling effected children's well-being. According to our data, going to school played an important role in Finnebørn's lives. In Denmark, the children's integration to their new home country was facilitated by supportive and understanding teachers. Escaping the wars, and learning a new language did, however, affect the children's return to Finland. Having lost their first language, the re-integration into the Finnish society could prove a challenge, to which the Finnish schools and teachers were not prepared for. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01