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Education for Refugees and Sustainable Green Urban Development : Building Skills through Non-formal Learning / by Aysuhan Tuba Saral, Margarita Pavlova.
Springer Nature - Springer Education (R0) eBooks 2025 English International Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Saral, Aysuhan Tuba.
- Series:
- Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 2214-9791 ; 78
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Professional education.
- Vocational education.
- Environmental education.
- Adult education.
- Sustainability.
- Educational sociology.
- Social justice.
- Professional and Vocational Education.
- Environmental and Sustainability Education.
- Adult Education.
- Sociology of Education.
- Social Justice.
- Local Subjects:
- Professional and Vocational Education.
- Environmental and Sustainability Education.
- Adult Education.
- Sustainability.
- Sociology of Education.
- Social Justice.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (268 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2025.
- Summary:
- This book presents the results of a Hong Kong study that focused on refugees’ contributions, and potential, to support green urban development. It describes education about sustainability principles in non-formal skills development settings, and the benefits of this learning for refugees. International studies highlight the importance of skills development for disadvantaged groups so they can effectively integrate into accepting societies. However, developing green skills that can help refugees engage in sustainability efforts in new settlements is new and proved successful in our Hong Kong study. Theoretical and practical angles are used to explore the topic and emphasize the importance of a transformative design for skills development programs for disadvantaged groups as an educational response towards challenges of sustainable urban development. The book discusses the interplay between opportunity structures, agency, and the gendered experience and outlines the results of skills training on three levels – personal, community and society. This book applies a novel approach in searching for a positive view on refugees and their role in society. The book also highlights social entrepreneurship and its impact on the personal and community levels, following skills training, in terms of behavioural change and participation in society’s sustainability efforts. Researchers, field workers at NGOs working with refugees, TVET practitioners and policymakers can benefit from this book as it includes recommendations for policy change. .
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: Refugees and asylum seekers in the context of sustainable urban development
- 2 Opportunity Structures and Agency for Refugees: Importance of Resources
- 3 Empowerment of Refugees for Greening Societies and Economies: Approaches for Capacity Building through Green Skills Development
- 4 Findings and Discussion about the Impact of Resources on the Well-being of Refugees
- 5 Findings and Discussion related to the Evaluation of the Workshops, their Effectiveness, and Empowerment through Social Entrepreneurship
- 6.The Way Forward.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 981-9516-80-3
- 9789819516803
- OCLC:
- 1568053287
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