Educational Policies and Practices of English-Speaking Refugee Resettlement Countries

Jody L. McBrien is a Full Professor in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the University of South Florida. She has published over 30 journal articles, book chapters, and books since 2002 regarding refugee issues and education.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroductionJody L. McBrienPART 1: Australasia1 Stop Labeling Me as Traumatised or as Mentally Unwell – I am a Resilient Survivor: A Discussion of the Pathologising Effects of Trauma Labelling for Former Refugees in Contrast to a Strengths-based Settlement Programme ModelMaria Hayward2 Education of Resettled Refugees in Christchurch, New ZealandZhiyan Basharati and Lucia Dore3 Refugee Student Transitions into Mainstream Australian Schooling: A Case Study Examining the Impact of Policies and Practices on Students’ Everyday RealitiesAmanda Hiorth4 Systemic Policy Barriers to Meaningful Participation of Students from Refugee and Asylum Seeking Backgrounds in Australian Higher Education: Neoliberal Settlement and Language Policies and (Deliberate?) Challenges for Meaningful ParticipationCaroline Lenette, Sally Baker and Asher HirschPART 2: North America5 Community Initiatives to Support Refugee Youth: A Manitoba PerspectiveJan Stewart6 In the Era of Bans and Walls: The Integration of Education and Immigration Policy and the Success of Refugee StudentsAsih Asikin-Garmager, Duhita Mahatmya, Leslie Ann Locke and Ain A. Grooms7 Utilising Digital Storytelling as a Way to Understand the Complexities of the Haitian Refugee Transmigration ExperienceElizabeth Paulsen Tonogbanua8 Expanding Educational Access to Create Self-Sufficiency: The Post-Secondary Educational Experiences of Resettled Refugees in FloridaTara Ross, Jody L. McBrien and Briana ByersPART 3: Europe9 Refugee Children and Young People in Ireland: Policies and PracticesMerike Darmody and Samantha Arnold10 Smoothing the Bumpy Road? An Examination of Some Targeted Initiatives for the Education of Refugee and Minority Ethnic Children and Young People in IrelandRory Mc Daid11 An Underclass of ‘the Underclass’? Critically Assessing the Position of Children and Young Refugees in the UK Educational System during a Time of AusterityHelen Murphy12 Schooling Displaced Syrian Students in Glasgow: Agents of InclusionMelanie BaakConclusionJody L. McBrienIndex