Education, refugees, and asylum seekers
By: edited by Lala Demirdjian
Series: Education as a humanitarian response
Publisher: Continuum International Pub. Group
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781441136275; 9781441193711; 9781441163455; 9781441150653
Subjects: Cross-cultural studies; Education; Refugees; Political refugees; Humanitarian assistance
Description: "What is the relationship between education and those seeking asylum or refuge? What is the impact of education being marginalized during conflict situations? Drawing on international research in numerous countries, including Thailand, North Korea, Lebenon, Africa, the USA and the UK, the contributors consider, conceptually and empirically, the provision of education to refugees and asylum seekers in their homeland or in host countries, analyzing the internal and external factors affecting educational provision during and after emergencies. Each chapter contains a summary of the key points and issues within the chapter to enable easy navigation, key contemporary questions to encourage you to actively engage with the material and an annotated list of suggested further reading to support you to take your exploration further. A companion website supports the text and provides updates and additional resources."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: global overview: education, refugees and asylum seekers / Lala Demirdjian; title: The educational life histories of a group of North Korean defector university students in South Korea / Candice Kay Lee; title: Refugee education in Thailand: displacement, dislocation and disjuncture / Su-Ann Oh; title: The provision of education in the Palestinian refugee camps, in Lebanon / Lala Demirdjian; title: Non-formal education as a means of supporting the well-being of resettled refugees: case studies of community approaches in Denver, Colorado, USA / Janet Shriberg, Susan Downs-Karkos, Stacey Weisberg; title: Refugees and education in Kent, England / James Dada; title: 21st century learning: the role of community cohesion in refugee education / Megan McCorriston.