Learning to hope and hoping to learn: a critical examination of young refugees and formal education in the UK.
Book chapter
Authors | Williams, Simon |
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Abstract | This chapter examines the multi-dimensional complexities affecting refugee children’s identities and aspirations in the UK whilst navigating the education system. It debates the current language used around new arrivals and how they are labelled with a negative public perception that is endorsed by the media and politicians, to instil moral panic for political gain. It will critically analyse the idea of hope and the affect it has on identity and wellbeing. In particular, the argument is made that refugee children and their families have hope for their new futures and often that hope is crushed, when it should be nurtured. It questions whether the current education system helps develop hope and inclusion for new arrivals or enforces the media and political stereotyping, and what role Youth and Community work plays in supporting, developing and nurturing hope in a hopeless environment. This chapter critically examines the current definitions of refugees examining both the legal and social definition of refugees and how these impact on identities. It will argue that labelling provides a barrier to full engagement and integration of new arrivals in their new societies, schools and social spaces. It will debate about integration through education and how this impacts on the complexities of new arrivals. It will debate that a racist society exists and continues to provide a judgement basis for new arrivals and their treatment. It will briefly cover ‘Rights’ to education and how the idea of hope is embedded in these rights, but yet are contested by policy, marketization of schools and detention centres. |
Keywords | Education; hope; Identity |
Year | 2018 |
Publisher | Council of Europe |
ISBN | 9789287188595 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/623524 |
hdl:10545/623524 | |
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Publication dates | Dec 2018 |
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Deposited | 22 Feb 2019, 15:18 |
Contributors | Council of Europe |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/92y4y/learning-to-hope-and-hoping-to-learn-a-critical-examination-of-young-refugees-and-formal-education-in-the-uk
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