Refugee and Immigrant Students

Achieving Equity in Education

Florence E. McCarthy, Margaret H. Vickers, Florence E. McCarthy, Margaret H. Vickers

• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9781617358401
  9781617358418
• eBook ISBN:
  9781617358425
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Research in Education

The focus of this book is on educational equity issues affecting immigrants and refugees around the world. Chapters highlight educational approaches that build from experiential knowledge, draw upon multiple languages, consider group identity, grapple with the complexities of inclusion, address family concerns, promote parental involvement, involve liaison with community agencies, and view cultural differences as educational strengths. While the book does not shy away from exploring the more challenging aspects of the refugee and immigrant experience, it avoids dwelling on victimology and rejects applying a deficit framework. Rather it offers hope, emphasizing the potential strengths of refugees, including their cultural capital and survival skills. The authors also make cogent suggestions for structural, pedagogical, and conceptual reform, with targets ranging from individual teachers to educational systems to social, economic, political, and cultural contexts.

Table of contents

• COVER
• HALF TITLE PAGE
• TITLE PAGE
• COPYRIGHT
• CONTENTS
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• FOREWORD: FOR MY GRANDPARENTS
• INTRODUCTION: EDUCATION FOR IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES: CREATING EQUITABLE PATHWAYS FOR THE FUTURE
• I: PEDAGOGICAL INITIATIVES ADDRESSING ISSUES OF EDUCATIONAL EQUITY FOR IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES
• II: REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SCHOOL–COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
• III: SYSTEMIC ISSUES AND POLICIES FOR REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT EDUCATIONAL EQUITY
• ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS