Education in Emergencies & Post-Conflict Situations: Problems, Responses, and Possibilities

The articles in this volume provide a wide range of small-scale, short-term case studies exploring multiple aspects of education in emergencies. The case studies covered in this volume include Burmese refugee education in Thailand, HIV/AIDS in Tanzania, violence in Rwanda, U.S. media's influence on public education during the on-going war in Iraq and many more.

Articles:

• Foreword Dana Burde
• Arm of the government? Security of civilian staff in conflict and post-conflict situations Christine Pagen
• High quality refugee education: The impact of funding. Kara VanderKamp
• The Iraq War and conflict distance learning: The effects of embedded media on public education. Brandon J Hall
• The effects of the current Thai administration policy on post-secondary educational opportunities for Burmese refugees in Thailand. James Lenton
• Groundwork for development in education: Emergency assistance in Haiti. Martha Moore Crowley
• Analysis of the national Tanzania policy on HIV/AIDS from a sociocultural perspective: Reading policy as a “cultural text” in light of the AIDS crisis. Tonya Muro Homan
• Education and its contribution to structural violence in Rwanda. Jill Salmon
• Rewriting history: The impact of post-conflict education on nationalist ideology in Serbia. Colette Mazzucelli
• Developing national unity by educating students about their enemies: The case of Israel and Palestine. Peter M Cronin
• How schools cope with war: A case study of Lebanon. Zeena Zakharia
• High stakes testing during a time of conflict: The case of a public high school in New York City since September 11th. Maria Hantzopoulos