Right where we belong : how refugee teachers and students are changing the future of education /
Sarah Dryden-Peterson.
- 260 pages : maps ; 22 cm
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"--