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Title Education, refugees and asylum seekers / Lala Demirdjian
Published London : Continuum International Publishing, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 217 pages)
Series Education as a Humanitarian Response
Education as a humanitarian response.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Series Editor's Preface; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Education, Refugees and Asylum Seekers -- A Global Overview; 1 The Educational Life Histories of a Group of North Korean Defector University Students in South Korea; 2 Refugee Education in Thailand: Displacement, Dislocation and Disjuncture; 3 The Provision of Education in the Palestinian Refugee Camps, in Lebanon; 4 Non-Formal Education as a Means of Supporting the Well-Being of Resettled Refugees: Case Studies of Community Approaches in Denver, Colorado
5 Refugees and Education in Kent in England6 Twenty-first-century Learning: The Role of Community Cohesion in Refugee Education; Conclusion; Index
Summary What is the relationship between education and those seeking asylum or refuge? What is the impact of education being marginalized during conflict situations?Drawing on international research in numerous countries, including Thailand, North Korea, Lebenon, Africa, the USA and the UK, the contributors consider, conceptually and empirically, the provision of education to refugees and asylum seekers in their homeland or in host countries, analyzing the internal and external factors affecting educational provision during and after emergencies. Each chapter contains a summary of the key points and is
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Refugees -- Education -- Cross-cultural studies
Political refugees -- Education -- Cross-cultural studies
Humanitarian assistance -- Cross-cultural studies
International relations.
Colleges of higher education.
EDUCATION -- Adult & Continuing Education.
EDUCATION -- Non-Formal Education.
Humanitarian assistance.
Refugees -- Education.
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies.
Form Electronic book
Author Demirdjian, Lala.
ISBN 9781441150653
144115065X
1283380366
9781283380362