Education, Refugees and Asylum Seekers [Hardcover]

Acknowledgements \ Series Editor's Preface \ Notes on Contributors \ Introduction: Education, Refugees and Asylum Seekers - A Global Overview Lala Demirdjian \ 1. The Educational Life Histories of a Group of North Korean Defector University Students in South Korea Candice Lee \ 2. Refugee Education in Thailand: Displacement, Dislocation and Disjuncture Su-Ann Oh \ 3. The Provision of Education in the Palestinian Refugee Camps, in Lebanon Lala Demirdjian \ 4. Non-Formal Education as a Means of Supporting the Well-Being of Resettled Refugees: Case Studies of Community Approaches in Denver, Colorado, USA Janet Shriberg, Susan Downs-Karkos and Stacey Weisberg \ 5. Refugees and Education in Kent, England James Dada \ 6. Century Learning: the Role of Community Cohesion in Refugee Education Megan McCorriston \ Conclusion \ Index

Lala Demirdjian is a researcher focusing on the Palestinian refugee education in Lebanon. She has worked as a consultant for The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Lebanon, and the National Association for Vocational Training and Social Services (NAVTSS) and, as a campaign coordinator, for the Welfare Association, Lebanon. She is currently engaged in a Teacher Exchange Program and teaches in a community school, in Boston, USA.