Refugee Children in the UK
Jill Rutter
June 2006. 248 pages. Open University Press
0335213731 £19.99 Paperback
033521374X £60 Hardback
Refugee Children in the UK examines the experiences of refugee children in
British secondary schools. Drawing from the author's research, the key
message of the book is that the differential educational progress of
refugee children has complex causes, relating to their different
pre-migration and post-migration experiences. The book argues that
educational support for refugees needs to be ecological in its approach.
But it seldom is, as literature about refugee children is dominated by
narratives of trauma. Refugee Children in the UK argues that three is no
evidence to support the notion that refugee children in UK schools have
worse mental health than their peers. But the dominance of trauma
discourses labels and presents refugee children as an homogenous group,
preventing an analysis of the diverse pre-migration or post-migration
factors that influence children’s progress.
Jill Rutter lectures in education at London Metropolitan University. A
former teacher, she was a policy adviser at the Refugee Council between
1988-2001.
Contents
PART ONE: SETTING THE SCENE
1. An introduction
2. Who are refugee children?
3. Theoretical and research perspectives on refugee education
PART TWO: UK RESPONSES TO REFUGEE CHILDREN
4. Responses to refugees 1900-1989
5. Modern asylum legislation and its impact on children
6. How UK children view the refugee in their midst
7. National educational policy and the role of local authorities
8. School practices
PART THREE: COMMUNITY CASE STUDIES
9. The elusiveness of integration: the life experiences of Congolese
refugee children
10. The Somalis: cultures of survival
11. Success stories: the southern Sudanese
PART FOUR: NEW VISIONS FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN
12. New visions for refugee children
[See also the publisher's web site at:
http://www.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/html/0335213731.html]
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