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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"refugee education"”.
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Online Education: Benefits and Challenges for Refugee Students
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>Currently, only 3% of refugees are pursuing higher education opportunities compared to the 37% higher education participation rate globally. There is an urgent need for quality academic work to leave behind the endless descriptive accounts of refugee life and move toward …
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Developing a community platform for creative learning
The Syrian refugee crisis has created serious challenges to higher education in regional host countries. While digital educational technologies from the West have the potential of mending some of these challenges, there is a lack of locally appropriate solutions. We see this as a reflection of the …
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Education in places of temporary asylum : the case of Afghan refugees living in Peshawar
… an exploratory case study that documents Afghan refugees' educational experiences in Peshawar, Pakistan. The central question of this thesis asks: how Afghans educational needs are met through the educational/training institutions available to them? In the absence of theoretical studies on …
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Exploring the Factors That African Refugee-Background Students Identify as Being Helpful to Their Academic Success
African refugee-background (ARB) students achieve high standards of success, yet their lived experiences are frequently absent from educational literature in Canada. Current and past research has focused on their academic deficits, their vulnerabilities, and their maladjusted behaviour, neglecting …
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Becoming Somebody - Learning Identities and Trajectories for Students in a Protracted Refugee Situation
Research on education for students with refugee backgrounds has extended understanding of learning experiences for students in resettlement countries but is still lacking in protracted refugee situations (PRS) such as Malaysia. Although structural barriers to access, particularly for higher …
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Strengthening higher education for displaced students from Burma in Thailand: identifying collective interest and expanding value across diverse stakeholders
<p>The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) lists three “durable” pathways for displaced persons to address global displacement: “voluntary repatriation,” “local integration” into the initial host community, or third-country “resettlement.” At present, 78% of refugees displaced …
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Understanding ECE Policies, Access to, and Learning Outcomes from ECE among Refugees and Nationals in Uganda: A Cross-Cohort Comparison
… disparities in access to early childhood education (ECE) and associated learning outcomes among refugee and national children in Uganda. Situated within a context of high refugee inflows and limited public investment in ECE, the study employs a mixed-methods approach combining policy …
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Educational Guide: Refugee Children's Storytelling across Curriculum
… is facing a continuous increase in the amount of refugees seeking refuge in the States. This continuous increase places a strain on the current education system that is underequipped to handle an influx of students with very special and unique needs. This thesis discusses these needs and one …
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The Life Experiences of Ten Female Refugees from Iraq and Iran: An Oral History Research Study
… experiences of 10 religiously persecuted female refugees from Iran (Baha’i) and Iraq (Chaldean) was conducted in both Northern (Bay Area) and Southern (San Diego County) California. The study focused on three periods in their lives: previous experiences in the refugee’s home country prior to …