Resource “America will Educate Me Now”: What Do Iraqi Refugees with Special Immigrant Visas Deserve and Who Decides? In this ethnographic research article, Jill Koyama unpacks notions of deservingness among Iraqi refugees who resettled in the United States under the Special Immigrant Visa program and seek higher education. She finds that they see themselves as deserving of (and sometimes owed) a college education, due to their work with Allied Forces during the Iraq War.
Resource Schools as Sites of Social Reproduction: Student Interactions in Diverse Secondary Schools in Nigeria Marlana Salmon-Letelier and S. Garnett Russell’s mixed-methods research explores intergroup relations in Nigeria’s Federal Unity Colleges. The authors show how academic and nonacademic spaces shape instances of separation and exclusion in these ethnically, religiously, and linguistically diverse settings.
Resource Cultural Heritage and Education: A Place-Based Educational Project in Jericho, Palestine Bart Wagemakers’ field note discusses the Cultural Heritage and Education-Jericho project, a place-based education program. After reflecting on the project aims, design, and constraints, he argues that place-based education can increase children’s awareness of their heritage and their sense of place in conflict-affected settings.
Resource Coaching-Observing-Reflecting-Engaging: An Intervention for the Development of Teacher Wellbeing In their field note, April Coetzee et al. introduce the CORE (Coaching-Observing-Reflecting-Engaging) intervention, which provides teachers with the knowledge and skills they need to foster a positive classroom environment. The authors outline the creation, field-testing, and adaptation of the CORE intervention in Chocó, Colombia.
Resource Book Review: Right Where We Belong: How Refugee Teachers and Students Are Changing the Future of Education by Sarah Dryden-Peterson In her review of Right Where We Belong: How Refugee Teachers and Students Are Changing the Future of Education by Sarah Dryden-Peterson, Farzanah Darwish underscores how the book’s ethnographic research provides insights into innovative, resilient, and community-driven approaches to supporting refugee integration, success, and belonging.
Resource Book Review: Citizen Identity Formation of Domestic Students and Syrian Refugee Youth in Jordan: Centering Student Voice and Arab-Islamic Ontologies by Patricia K. Kubow In her review of Citizen Identity Formation of Domestic Students and Syrian Refugee Youth in Jordan: Centering Student Voice and Arab-Islamic Ontologies by Patricia K. Kubow, Ozen Guven observes how Kubow’s research on citizenship and identity formation aligns with global policy shifts toward including refugees in host-country education systems.
Resource Book Review: Laboratories of Learning: Social Movements, Education and Knowledge-Making in the Global South by Mario Novelli, Birgül Kutan, Patrick Kane, Adnan Çelik, Tejendra Pherali, and Saranel Benjamin In his review of Laboratories of Learning: Social Movements, Education, and Knowledge-Making in the Global South by Mario Novelli, Birgül Kutan, Patrick Kane, Adnan Çelik, Tejendra Pherali, and Saranel Benjamin, João Souto-Maior considers the authors’ thesis that social movements serve as spaces for learning and meaning-making
Resource Journal on Education in Emergencies Volume 10, Number 1 The research articles, field notes, and book reviews featured in JEiE Volume 10, Number 1 join debates on refugee identity, belonging, and rights; examine initiatives on teacher wellbeing, training, and professionalization; and shed new light on students’ experiences amid displacement, migration, and resettlement.
Event JEiE Issue Launch: Evidence-Sharing Panel with the Authors of JEiE Volume 10, Issue 1 This event featured brief presentations of the research articles and field notes published in JEiE Volume 10, Number 1. JEiE authors and editors discussed questions around refugee identity, belonging, and rights; teacher wellbeing, training, and professionalization; and students’ experiences amid displacement, migration, and resettlement, among other important topics. UTC
Resource Education Research Agenda in Conflict-Affected Contexts of Myanmar 2024 - Technical Brief This brief draws on a detailed report, Education Research Agenda in Conflict-Affected Contexts of Myanmar, and presents key indicative research questions under four research themes.
