Refugee children in the UK
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Refugee children in the UK
（Education in an urbanised society）
Open University Press, c2006
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Bibliography: p. [213]-231
Includes index
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Description
Asylum migration causes intense media and political debate. However, little attention has been paid to how forced migrants can rebuild their lives in the UK or elsewhere. This timely book analyzes the social policies that impact on refugee children's education, and:
Provides the background to the migration of refugees
Explores how dominant discourses about trauma homogenise and label a very diverse group of children
Examines how policy towards refugees is made, and how it relates to practice
Offers alternative visions for refugee settlement
Drawing on case studies of the experiences of refugee children, Refugee Children in the UK brings a much-needed insight into the needs of refugee children. It is valuable reading for academics, policy makers, students of education, sociology and social policy as well as education, health and social work professionals.
Table of Contents
Series preface
Editor's preface
Acknowledgements
GlossaryPART ONE: SETTING THE SCENE
1.An Introduction
2.Who are refugee children?
3.Theoretical and research perspectives on refugee children
PART TWO: UK RESPONSES TO REFUGEE CHILDREN
4.Learning from history: responses to refugees 1900-89
5.Modern asylum policy and its impact on children
6.How UK children view the refugee in their midst
7.National educational policy and the role of local authorities
8.School practices
PART THREE: COMMUNITY CASE STUDIES
9.The elusiveness of integration: the educational experiences of Congolese refugee children
10.The Somalis: cultures of survival
11. Success stories: the southern Sudanese
PART FOUR: NEW VISIONS FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN
12. New visions for refugee children
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Index
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