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Refugee Education.

Authors :
Dryden-Peterson, Sarah
Source :
Educational Researcher; Dec2016, Vol. 45 Issue 9, p473-482, 10p
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

In this article, I probe a question at the core of comparative education—how to realize the right to education for all and ensure opportunities to use that education for future participation in society. I do so through examination of refugee education from World War II to the present, including analysis of an original data set of documents (n = 214) and semistructured interviews (n = 208). The data illuminate how refugee children are caught between the global promise of universal human rights, the definition of citizenship rights within nation-states, and the realization of these sets of rights in everyday practices. Conceptually, I demonstrate the misalignment between normative aspirations, codes and doctrines, and mechanisms of enforcement within nation-states, which curtails refugees’ abilities to activate their rights to education, to work, and to participate in society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0013189X
Volume :
45
Issue :
9
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Educational Researcher
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
120371068
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X16683398