Resource How Cognitive and Psychosocial Difficulties Affect Learning Outcomes: A Study of Primary School Children in Syria In a study of 7,191 Syrian children, authors Grace Anyaegbu, Caroline Carney, Holly-Jane Howell, Alaa Zaza, and Abdulkader Alaeddin report lower literacy levels among children with one cognitive or psychosocial difficulty (as determined by the Washington Group Questions). Children with two or more such difficulties were less likely to progress as far on an eight-milestone literacy pathway.
Resource A Proof-of-Concept Study of Can’t Wait to Learn: A Digital Game-Based Learning Program for Out-of-School Children in Lebanon Reflecting on the feasibility of ed tech solutions for out-of-school children, authors Jasmine S. Turner, Karine Taha, Nisreen Ibrahim, Koen I. Neijenhuijs, Eyad Hallak, Kate Radford, Hester Stubbé-Alberts, Thomas de Hoop, Mark J.D. Jordans, and Felicity L. Brown report significant effects on numeracy and self-esteem among 390 children in Lebanon who took part in a digital game-based intervention.
Resource The Role of Technical and Vocational Education in Social Reintegration: Insights from Colombian Ex-Combatants Authors Maria Paulina Arango-Fernández and Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski share insights from 20 Colombian ex-combatants engaged in TVET. They find that some forms of TVET may support social cohesion while other forms reinforce exclusion, but few TVET experiences addressed ex-combatants’ feelings of stigmatization. They recommend pairing TVET with economic support to encourage reintegration.
Resource Landscape Analysis of Early Childhood Development and Education in Emergencies Authors Liliana Angélica Ponguta, Kathryn Moore, Divina Varghese, Sascha Hein, Angela Ng, Aseel Fawaz Alzaghoul, Maria Angélica Benavides Camacho, Karishma Sethi, and Majd Al-Soleiti uncover root causes behind low ECD access in EiE settings: low prioritization across sectors, little systematic mapping of the institutional and programmatic landscape, and limited consensus on strategic advocacy.
Resource Learning to Become Smart Radicals: A Regenerative Lens on the Potential for Peace and Reconciliation through Youth and Education Systems Calling on readers to reflect on the power of youth as agents for peace, author Mieke T. A. Lopes Cardozo brings together an education rights framework with a framework for sustainable peacebuilding in EiE contexts to advance a new notion of the role of education that transgresses current models for students’ participation in tackling big issues, such as climate change and social justice.
Resource Percepción de los niños, niñas y adolescentes refugiados y migrantes venezolanos frente al retorno a clase presencial en Colombia Estudio realizado en julio y agosto de 2021que tiene como propósito ampliar conocimientos sobre las opiniones, necesidades y perspectivas de los niños, niñas y adolescentes venezolanos en el marco de los lineamientos gubernamentales sobre el retorno seguro, gradual y progresivo a la escuela en Colombia.
Blog ¡Anunciamos el Volumen 8, Número 1, de la JEiE! Este número del Journal on Education in Emergencies (JEiE) ofrece una revisión de una amplia gama de dilemas a los que se enfrenta la educación en situaciones de emergencia (JEiE). Proporciona datos útiles junto con ideas para mejorar el bienestar y los resultados del aprendizaje entre los niños, niñas y adolescentes en situaciones de crisis y conflicto.
Blog Anúncio da Revista sobre EeE Volume 8, Número 1! Esta edição da Revista sobre Educação em Situações de Emergência (JEiE, na sigla em inglês) oferece análises de uma vasta gama de dilemas enfrentados na área da educação em situações de emergência (EeE). A publicação oferece dados acionáveis juntamente com insights para melhorar o bem-estar e os resultados da aprendizagem entre as crianças em situações de conflito e crise.
Resource Beyond Numbers: The Use and Usefulness of Data for Education in Emergencies Authors Elizabeth Buckner, Daniel Shephard, and Anne Smiley examine how EiE professionals use data and what makes data “useful” to them. While global-level actors emphasized strategic data uses and local-level actors, operational uses, respondents at all levels elaborated on nontechnical factors (e.g., the politics of data) that influence the availability and perceived usefulness of EiE data.
Resource Field Note: Community-Led Provision of Nonformal Education for Displaced Learners in Northern Nigeria Highlighting the potential of community-driven nonformal education models to reach displaced students, author Maryam Jillani examines the innovative community mobilization and capacity-building approach that Creative Associates International adopted to provide access to education for more than 80,000 learners in northern Nigeria.
