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Education
Higher education spaces and protracted displacement: how learner-­centered pedagogies and human­-centered design can unleash refugee innovation
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June 3, 2016

This paper analyses the contribution of Open Educational Resources (OERs) to building 21st century skills and explores the value of tutoring and mentoring models, learner retention, learning technologies, and provision of language and subject matter support that best mediate higher ­level learning in fragile contexts. Variables such as sustainability, operability, equal access, cultural and linguistic… Read more

conflict-affected states, education for all, Higher Education, Innovation, Learning, refugee education
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Gender
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Changing the gendered dynamics of refugee classrooms in West Africa: introducing female classroom assistants
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June 3, 2016

Refugee schools in West Africa tend to be dominated by men, with even early years classes taught mostly by male teachers. There are very few female teachers and even fewer female head teachers or education administrators. Although enrollment in the lower classes is more or less gender balanced, by the upper primary level, many of… Read more

Africa, gender and education, refugee education, Women and girls
Education
Syria crisis education fact sheet: Middle East and North Africa out-of-school children initiative
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May 24, 2016

In Syria, the crisis has pushed the capacity of basic social services to the breaking point, with a devastating impact on 4.5 million children. A total of 2 million children are out of school and one in five schools has been destroyed, damaged, or used for other purposes, including occupation by armed groups. The economic… Read more

Access to education, refugee children, refugee education
Education
Reform strategy – 2014 progress report
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May 24, 2016

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) operates 666 elementary and preparatory schools across its five fields of operations, as well as nine secondary schools in Lebanon, providing free basic education for around half a million Palestine refugee children. The report notes the positive progresses made in… Read more

education policy, education reform, refugee children, refugee education
Education
Education for refugees and internally displaced persons
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May 18, 2016

A new HEART Topic Guide on Education for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) will be published in June 2016. Picking up where the seminal 2011 UNHCR Refugee Education: A Global Review left off, and adding a section on the important but under-researched topic of IDP education, the Guide will be an invaluable resource for… Read more

Access to education, internally displaced persons, quality education, refugee education
Education
Education, refugees and asylum seekers
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May 17, 2016

Drawing on international research in numerous countries, including Thailand, North Korea, Lebenon, Africa, the USA and the UK, the contributors consider, conceptually and empirically, the provision of education to refugees and asylum seekers in their homeland or in host countries, analysing the internal and external factors affecting educational provision during and after emergencies. Each chapter… Read more

Education in emergencies, refugee education
Education
Displaced Sudanese voices on education, dignity, and humanitarian aid
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May 10, 2016

Education is viewed by Sudanese refugees and internally displaced persons as a key prerequisite for social status, prestige, socio-economic survival, and therefore human dignity. Using Sudan as a case study, this article demonstrates that humanitarian aid, which claims to ensure the basic conditions for a life with dignity, often attributes less importance to education than… Read more

Education in emergencies, humanitarian aid, refugee education, Sudan
Education
Learning in the face of adversity: the UNRWA education program for Palestine refugees
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April 22, 2016

Palestine refugees are achieving higher-than-average learning outcomes in spite of the adverse circumstances they live under. Their education system—the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)—operates one of the largest non-governmental school systems in the Middle East. Contrary to what might be expected from a resource-constrained administration serving… Read more

Education in emergencies, Learning Outcomes, Palestine, refugee education
Education
Curriculum, accreditation and certification for Syrian children in Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt: regional study
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April 22, 2016

The rationale for this study derives from the challenging political and humanitarian crisis that has built up over the past four years in Syria and has resulted in the displacement of 7.6 million Syrians inside their country and the movement of millions more into neighbouring countries, mainly Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt. There are four… Read more

Accreditation, curriculum, Education in emergencies, humanitarian crisis, refugee children, refugee education
Education
The future of Syria: refugee children in crisis.
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April 22, 2016

Over 1.1 million Syrian children have registered as refugees with UNHCR worldwide. Of this number, some 75 per cent are under the age of 12. Children represent 52 per cent of the total Syrian refugee population, which now exceeds 2.2 million. This report highlights the painful challenges these refugee children face every day. Research conducted over four… Read more

Education in emergencies, Jordan, Lebanon, refugee children, refugee education, Syria
Education
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Secondary education for refugee adolescents: education issue brief 6
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April 18, 2016

Despite progress in enrolment and retention of refugee children in primary education services in recent years, access to secondary education for refugee adolescents remains a critical gap across UNHCR operations. This education brief outlines key information on secondary education programming for refugees. The brief highlights that globally, only one in four refugee adolescents are in… Read more

Access to education, refugee children, refugee education, Secondary Education
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