Ressource Education as the weapon for the future: A qualitative study of education needs in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan The people of the Nuba Mountains in Sudan have been under conflict for decades. This conflict has left the people of Nuba lacking many resources, including education support. Due to the nature of the conflict, access to the region is challenging. Still, the education organization, To Move Mountains, was able to conduct qualitative research with two communities within the conflict zone.
Ressource Book Review: Muslims, Schooling and Security: Trojan Horse, Prevent and Racial Politics by Shamim Miah Aislinn O’Donnell reviews Muslims, Schooling and Security: Trojan Horse, Prevent and Racial Politics by Shamim Miah. She explores the book’s analysis of the “Trojan Horse controversy” in Birmingham, UK, and demonstrates how Muslims have been “othered” and securitized in schools.
Blog Teacher Story: Daryna - Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine This story of Daryna Safryhina, a teacher in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, was collected as part of TiCC Roundtable to ensure that the voices and experiences of teachers working in crisis and displacement permeate all aspects of the event.
Actualités Trauma Training Helps Turkish Teachers to Understand the Needs of Syrian Refugee Children When conflict and displacement turn children's worlds upside down, they can become aggressive, isolated and unfocused. These behaviours are particularly problematic when they happen at school - especially if teachers don't know how to spot and deal with the effects of trauma.
Actualités Two Million Children Unable to Return to School in West and Central Africa More than 2 million children are unable to return to school due to ongoing security risks across the West and Central African region. There are an estimated 9,288 schools closed and 44,000 teachers who will not be able to reach their classrooms, while schools are starting again.
Ressource Paulo Freire and critical consciousness in conflict-affected contexts In this article, we introduce some of the key tenets of Paulo Freire’s pedagogical vision of education for peace, social justice and democracy, and some limitations in terms of its application. In doing so, we aim to demonstrate its relevance and importance to conflict-affected contexts.
Actualités G7 Summit: Britain to give £90m to help children in war zones go to school, Boris Johnson announces Britain is to give £90m to help children in conflict zones go to school, Boris Johnson has announced. Announcing the aid boost at the G7 summit in France, the prime minister said it would help an estimated 600,000 children, particularly girls, in some of the world’s most dangerous and unstable countries.
Actualités PM offers education lifeline to 600,000 children living in conflict Children in the world’s most dangerous countries will be given the chance to go to school for the first time thanks to £90m of UK aid funding, the Prime Minister will announce today.
Ressource Education and Conflict Review: Theories and conceptual frameworks in education, conflict and peacebuilding This special issue of Education and Conflict Review attempts to assemble theories and conceptual frameworks that are dispersed across a wide array of academic publications and often inaccessible to those who need them the most, particularly to the education and conflict researchers and practitioners in low-income contexts.