Full Description
This
volume examines how universities and colleges are working towards implementing various
interventions to integrate refugees along with non-governmental organizations
and local governments to achieve an optimal level of integration with
host communities. The first part of the volume addresses the challenges of educating and integrating refugee populations, while the second part considers methods for establishing support systems. Using case studies and other empirical research, this volume presents a broad and in-depth overview of the various methods implemented to integrate the refugees into society. The international case studies reveal the complexity of the perception-practice dynamic and the multi-faceted factors that influence various levels of integration.
Contents
Foreword
PART I: The Challenges
Introduction to Refugee Education: Integration and Acceptance of Refugees in Mainstream Society; Enakshi Sengupta and Patrick Blessinger
Managing Trauma: A Restorative Process; Frida Rundell, Alia Sheety and Vidia Negrea
The Non-Formal Education Practices Tackle the Challenge of Refugee Children in Israel; Eliyahu-Levi Dolly and Ganz-Mieshar Michal
Refugee Healthcare Professionals Education and Training - Reache North West as a Case Study; Duncan Cross
Reconfiguring Public Life: Refugee Education as Joint Inquiry; Elenore Long and Tarnjeet Kaur Kang
At the Borders of Italian Local Welfare. Unaccompanied Refugee Children in South Italy: Between Persistence and Changes in Politics and Policies; Emanuela Chiodo
Teaching One Another: Connecting University Students to Promote Diversity; Heidi Adele Sackreiter
PART II: Creating a Support System
Support for the Transition of Refugees and Victims of Torture into the Labor Market through Access to Higher Education; Jaswant Kaur Bajwa, Sean Kidd, Sidonia Couto, Natasha Lidkea, Mulugeta Abai, Abby Jackman and Kwame McKenzie
Socio-Cultural Factors That Support the Successful Transition of Refugees from Middle School to College; Sandy Bargainnier, Anneke McEvoy, Zarina Smith, Megan Brown, Najah Zaaeed and Jessica Maureen Harris
Kakuma Refugee Camp: Where Knowledge and Hope Resides; Staci B. Martin, Daud I. Warsame, Christophe Bigirimana, Vestine U. Lajustine, Gerawork Teferra, Abdirahman S. Abdi and John O. Taban
James Madison University Sowing the Seeds of C.A.R.E. (Creativity and Reading Education) within the Harrisonburg Refugee Community; Kara M. Kavanagh and Holly McCartney
Supporting Children's Development in Refugee Camps; Janet Harvell and Alison Prowle
School Leaders and Refugee Students; James P Hogue
Using Art as a Vehicle of Hope and Understanding: Messages of Youth in the United States and Africa; Noël Bezette-Flores and Karine Parker
The Role of Colleges and Universities in Providing Support to Students from Refugee Backgrounds in the United States; Vivienne Felix
About the Authors
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