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The Role of Education as a "Panacea" for Refugee Youth in Transition
Fri, April 17, 4:05 to 6:05pm, Virtual RoomSession Type: Symposium
Abstract
This session explores and critiques the shared expectation that education is a panacea for the challenges that refugees and their receiving countries face. In so doing, this session 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 session participants critically analyze (1) 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, and (2) the international institutional response to refugee and educational needs in conflict zones.
Sub Unit
Division L - Educational Policies and Politics / Division L - Section 8: Social Policy and Education
Chair
Papers
Teacher Preparation, Classroom Pedagogy, and the Refugee Crisis in National Education Systems - Alexander W. Wiseman, Texas Tech University; Ericka Lynn Galegher, Lehigh University
Female Refugee Transitions Into Higher Education: Comparative Perspectives From Germany, Egypt, and Kyrgyzstan - Lisa Damaschke-Deitrick, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; Maureen Frances Park, Lehigh University; Ericka Lynn Galegher, Lehigh University
Navigating Schooling in Resettlement: Educational Experiences and Trajectories of Refugee Youth in the United States - Amberley Middleton, University of Cambridge
Teacher Professional Development in Crisis Contexts: Teachers' Reflections and Stories of Change in Kakuma Refugee Camp - Mary Mendenhall, Teachers College, Columbia University; Arianna Pacifico, Teachers College, Columbia University; Shenshen Hu, Teachers College, Columbia University; Jihae Cha, Arizona State University - Tempe
Changing the Aid Architecture to Respond to Refugees, Conflict, and Crisis: Where Are We Now? - Karen Mundy, UNESCO; Sarah Dryden-Peterson, Harvard University; Shelby Carvalho, Harvard University; Mabruk Kabir, World Bank
A New Era? Shifts in National Policy and Donor Contributions to Refugee Education in Ethiopia - Shelby Carvalho, Harvard University
Discussants
Matthias A. Braeunlich, American Institutes for Research
Debora B. Maehler, GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences