Education, refugees, and asylum seekers

"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 contr...

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Main Author: Demirdjian, Lala
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Bloomsbury Academic 2018, 2011
Series:Education as a humanitarian response
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Collection: Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Introduction: global overview: education, refugees and asylum seekers / Lala Demirdjian
  • The educational life histories of a group of North Korean defector university students in South Korea / Candice Kay Lee
  • Refugee education in Thailand: displacement, dislocation and disjuncture / Su-Ann Oh
  • The provision of education in the Palestinian refugee camps, in Lebanon / Lala Demirdjian
  • 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
  • Refugees and education in Kent, England / James Dada
  • 21st century learning: the role of community cohesion in refugee education / Megan McCorriston