1st Edition

Comparative Perspectives on Refugee Youth Education Dreams and Realities in Educational Systems Worldwide

    310 Pages
    by Routledge

    310 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    This volume explores the shared expectations that education is a panacea for the difficulties that refugees and their receiving countries face. This book investigates the ways in which education is both a dream solution as well as a contested landscape for refugee families and students. Using comparative, cross-national perspectives across five continents, the editors and contributors critically analyze the educational structures, policies, and practices intended to support refugee youth transition from conflict and post-conflict zones to mainstream classrooms and schools in their new communities.

    INTRODUCTION: THE CONTESTED EXPECTATIONS OF EDUCATION AS A PANACEA FOR REFUGEE TRANSITIONS



    Alexander W. Wiseman



    Lisa Damaschke-Deitrick



    Ericka Galegher



    Maureen F. Park



    PART 1: Global Policy Expectations for Refugees’ Educational Transitions



    CHAPTER 1: EDUCATION AS A PANACEA FOR REFUGEE INTEGRATION? EVIDENCE FROM GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES



    Lisa Damaschke-Deitrick



    Elizabeth Bruce



    CHAPTER 2: THE EDUCATIONAL RESPONSE TO SYRIAN DISPLACEMENT: A PROFESSIONALIZING FIELD IN A POLITICIZED ENVIRONMENT



    Elizabeth Buckner



    Mozynah Nofal



    CHAPTER 3: TEACHER PREPARATION, CLASSROOM PEDAGOGY, AND THE REFUGEE CRISIS IN NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEMS



    Alexander W. Wiseman



    Ericka Galegher



     



    CHAPTER 4: CREATING A REFUGEE SPACE IN THE CANADIAN SCHOOL CONTEXT: THE APPROACH OF AN INCLUSIVE SOCIETY



    Ratna Ghosh



    Domenique Sherab



    Maihemuti Dilimulati



    Narjes Hashemi



     



    CHAPTER 5: A COMPARATIVE POLICY ANALYSIS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE REFUGEE RESPONSE FRAMEWORK IN UGANDA AND KENYA



    Tshegofatso Thulare



    Christin Spoolstra



    Eileen Dombrowski



    Rachel Jordan



    Rehemah Nabacwa.





    PART 2: Local Adaptations for Refugees’ Educational Transitions





    CHAPTER 6: FEMALE REFUGEES TRANSITIONS INTO HIGHER EDUCATION: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES FROM GERMANY, EGYPT, AND KYRGYZSTAN



    Lisa Damaschke-Deitrick,



    Ericka Galegher



    Maureen F. Park



    CHAPTER 7: EMERGENCY EDUCATION FOR ROHINGYA REFUGEE CHILDREN IN BANGLADESH: AN ANALYSIS OF THE POLICIES, PRACTICES, AND LIMITATIONS



    Mahbub Alam Prodip



    Johanna Garnett





    CHAPTER 8: IMMIGRANT LATINA YOUTH AND THEIR EDUCATION EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES



    Gabrielle Oliveira



    Mariana Lima Becker





    CHAPTER 9: TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN CRISIS CONTEXTS: TEACHERS’ REFLECTIONS AND STORIES OF CHANGE IN KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP



    Mary Mendenhall



    Arianna Pacifico



    Shenshen Hu





    CHAPTER 10: "WHOSE KNOWLEDGE?" PUTTING POLITICS BACK INTO CURRICULUM CHOICES FOR REFUGEES



    Jo Kelcey



    LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

    Biography

    Alexander W. Wiseman, PhD, is a professor of Educational Leadership Policy at Texas Tech University, USA.



    Lisa Damaschke-Deitrick, PhD, is a professor of Comparative & International Education at Lehigh University, USA.



    Ericka Galegher, PhD, is an independent researcher affiliated with Lehigh University, USA.



    Maureen F. Park is a PhD candidate in Comparative & International Education at Lehigh University, USA.

    "Comparative Perspectives on Refugee Youth Education contributes to the field of refugee studies by challenging the assumption that education is a "cure-all" for integrating refugee youth and their families into host societies. [It] provides a comprehensive analysis of the limitations inherent in refugee youth education, challenging the burden placed on education to solve all challenges associated with refugee integration, while still highlighting the positive role it can play."

    - Isabel Krakoff, Sociology PhD student, York University, USA