Silencing Refugees’ Voices in Educational Practices : Perspectives on School Textbooks / edited by Menşure Alkiş Küçükaydin, Hakan Ulum, Ömer Gökhan Ulum.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Küçükaydin, Mensure Alkis, editor.

Ulum, Hakan, editor.

Ulum, Ömer Gökhan, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education and state.

Citizenship--Study and teaching.

Citizenship.

Inclusive education.

Education Policy.

Citizenship Education.

Inclusive Education.

Local Subjects:

Education Policy.

Citizenship Education.

Inclusive Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2024.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024.

Summary:

This book foregrounds silenced voices by correlating refugee experiences with educational practices, while questioning how we address the educational rights of individuals affected by conflicts and wars. Accordingly, the book presents a novel perspective within the field of education. Within the context of the most prevalent educational instruments, textbooks, this work endeavors to highlight the muted perspectives of immigrants in education and make significant advances towards resolving this problem. Through extensive research and analysis of the relevant literature, the authors shed light on the challenges refugee students face in their educational trajectories and offer innovative suggestions for adopting more equitable and inclusive approaches within our educational systems. The book not only addresses an educational dilemma, but also emphasizes humanity's shared responsibility. Supporting the educational rights of refugees promotes not only their personal growth, but also more tolerant, compassionate, and sustainable societies. At the same time, this work promotes a critical comprehension of refugee experiences in education by presenting both problems and solutions to the readership. In this way, it demonstrates how a more equitable and egalitarian approach to education can be adopted and it ultimately encourages readers to adopt a broader perspective on the world, embracing humanitarian values and social responsibility.

Contents:

Identity Crisis in Highly Educated Afghan Immigrant (EFL) students: Challenges and Promises

An In-Depth Analysis of Foreign Language Course Books to Investigate How and To What Extent Current Global Crises are Covered in Them

Afghan Immigrants in Iranian Educational System: A Case Study to Give Them a Voice

Delving into Conception of Community of the Immigration: The Association between Imagined Communities and Learner Engagement in Writing Tasks

Reading Approach in L2 Learning Techniques for Adult Migrants

Representation of Migrant Women in Textbooks – Insights from the Italian Context

Initiatives and Strategies to Improve Reading Skills and Academic Performance of Syrian Refugee Children: Case of Lebanon

An Evaluation of Turkish Textbooks Used in Language Teaching for Refugee Students

Elements Related to the Refugee and Migration Phenomenon in Primary School Textbooks

Conflicting Demands of Settlement and Tertiary Education in Australia for Refugee Background Students? A Critical Metaphor Analysis

Politics of Representation: Nationalist Discourse, Normalization, and the Afghan Diaspora in the Iranian High School Textbooks.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783031735189

3031735188