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Right where we belong : how refugee teachers and students are changing the future of education / Sarah Dryden-Peterson.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022Description: 260 pages : maps ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780674267992 (hardcover)
  • 0674267990 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 371.826/914
LOC classification:
  • LC 3663 D799r 2022
Contents:
Prologue: Our futures Teacher, Kampala, Uganda. August 2005 Sanctuary, Kampala, Uganda. March 2003 Power, Bujumbura, Burundi. December 2013 Purpose, Cairo, Egypt. July 2014 Learning, Cape Town, South Africa. August 2002 Belonging, Dadaab, Kenya. July 2013 Epilogue: Home, Ottawa, Canada. March 2012
Summary: "In Right Where We Belong, Sarah Dryden-Peterson argues that, although refugees face formidable obstacles in securing educations, there is good reason to have hope. Refugee teachers and students themselves, she reveals, are leading the way. Drawing upon fifteen years of fieldwork and more than 600 interviews in 23 countries, Dryden-Peterson shows that, from open-air classrooms in refugee camps in Uganda to the hallways of high schools in Maine, a new vision for refugee education is emerging"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) LC 3663 D799r 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000196755

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: Our futures
Teacher, Kampala, Uganda. August 2005
Sanctuary, Kampala, Uganda. March 2003
Power, Bujumbura, Burundi. December 2013
Purpose, Cairo, Egypt. July 2014
Learning, Cape Town, South Africa. August 2002
Belonging, Dadaab, Kenya. July 2013
Epilogue: Home, Ottawa, Canada. March 2012

"In Right Where We Belong, Sarah Dryden-Peterson argues that, although refugees face formidable obstacles in securing educations, there is good reason to have hope. Refugee teachers and students themselves, she reveals, are leading the way. Drawing upon fifteen years of fieldwork and more than 600 interviews in 23 countries, Dryden-Peterson shows that, from open-air classrooms in refugee camps in Uganda to the hallways of high schools in Maine, a new vision for refugee education is emerging"-- Provided by publisher.

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