Refugee and Immigrant Students: Achieving Equity in Education by Florence E. McC

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The focus of this book is on educational equity issues affecting immigrants and refugees around the world. Chapters highlight educational approaches that build from experiential knowledge, draw upon multiple languages, consider group identity, grapple with the complexities of inclusion, address family concerns, promote parental involvement, involve liaison with community agencies, and view cultural differences as educational strengths. While the book does not shy away from exploring the more challenging aspects of the refugee and immigrant experience, it avoids dwelling on victimology and rejects applying a deficit framework. Rather it offers hope, emphasizing the potential strengths of refugees, including their cultural capital and survival skills. The authors also make cogent suggestions for structural, pedagogical, and conceptual reform, with targets ranging from individual teachers to educational systems to social, economic, political, and cultural contexts.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

The focus of this book is on educational equity issues affecting immigrants and refugees around the world. Given that prior publications have given greater coverage to immigrant issues, the emphasis in this volume is on the complexities of delivering educational equity for refugees, no matter where they live. In creating this book, scholars whose research focuses on refugee education were invited to submit chapters, and special efforts were made to include contributors working with refugee organisations in camps, as government officials, or as program officers of international or local nongovernmental organisations. Daily life for these contributors is often fraught with difficulties such as environmental disasters, or conflict and violence. For this reason a number of our original authors were unable to submit their chapters; we thank them for their efforts regardless of the outcome.

Details ISBN1617358401 Pages 275 Publisher Information Age Publishing Year 2012 ISBN-10 1617358401 ISBN-13 9781617358401 Format Paperback Imprint Information Age Publishing Subtitle Achieving Equity in Education Place of Publication Greenwich Country of Publication United States Edited by Margaret H. Vickers DEWEY 371.826912 Illustrations black & white illustrations Short Title REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT STUDENTS Language English Media Book Series International Advances in Education: Global Initiatives for Equity and Social Justice AU Release Date 2012-06-19 NZ Release Date 2012-06-19 UK Release Date 2012-06-19 Author Margaret H. Vickers Publication Date 2012-06-30 Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2012-06-30 We've got this

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