Thematic Focus: Education

Blog posts & press:

How Schools Welcome Newly Arrived Immigrant and Refugee Students (Immigration Impact Blog, Aug. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Refugee voices must drive refugee education (World Vision, Aug. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on Canada.

Reports:

Background Paper: Distance Education in Emergencies (Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies, Aug. 2022) [text]

The Impact of COVID-19 on Education and Youth Well-Being in the Dadaab Refugee Camps, LERRN Working Paper, no. 18 (Carleton Univ., Aug. 2022) [text]

Navigating Ethical Dilemmas in Education in Emergencies (EiE): A Compendium of Vignettes for Research & Practice (Columbia Univ., Aug. 2022) [text via INEE]

Reporte de acciones para asegurar el derecho a la educación de los niños, niñas & adolescentes migrantes & refugiados en la región de ALC (UNICEF, Aug. 2022) [access via INEE]

- Follow link for both English and Spanish versions. Focuses on the Americas.

Universities' community engagement in Europe and Southeast Asia: supporting immigrants and refugees, CR&DALL Working Paper, no. 1001 (Univ. of Glasgow, 2022) [text]

- Focuses on Italy and the Philippines.

Journal articles:

"Accommodation, empowerment and disinvestment: Typical second-language learning trajectories of Syrian refugees in Germany," International Migration, Early View, 3 Aug. 2022 [open access]

"Exploring the early years needs of Venezuelan migrant children in Trinidad and Tobago," International Journal of Early Years Education, vol. 30, no. 2 (2022) [ResearchGate]

"The Life of Syrian Asylum-Seeking Children in a Temporary Shelter Centre in Turkey: An Ethnographic Study on Primary School Education," International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, vol. 14, no. 5 (2022) [open access]

"Teachers Can Teach Refugees: Making the Classroom a Welcoming Place for Refugees Through Children’s Literature," TxEP: Texas Educator Preparation, vol. 6 (2022) [full-text]

Resource:

Remote Learning Packs (UNICEF & World Bank) [access]

- "The seven Resource Packs are designed to support government officials and staff in national and international agencies tasked with designing and implementing effective remote learning opportunities for children in development and humanitarian contexts as well as strengthening existing remote learning programmes. Each pack is meant to cover early learning, primary and secondary with approaches for the most marginalized. They also include guidance and tools to support localized deployment." The distance education modalities covered include radio, print, TV, digital technology, and mobile.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Education (13 July 2022)