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Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning Volume 15
Language, Teaching, and Pedagogy for Refugee Education
Edited By
Enakshi Sengupta
The American University of Kurdistan, Iraq
Patrick Blessinger
St. John’s University, USA
International HETL Association, USA
Created in partnership with the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association
United Kingdom – North America – Japan India – Malaysia – China
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ISSN: 2055-3641 (Series)
Contents
| List of Contributors | vii |
| Part I Seeking Higher Education | |
| Introduction to Language, Teaching, and Pedagogy for Refugee Education Enakshi Sengupta and Patrick Blessinger | 3 |
| Chapter 1 Asylum-Seeking Students’ Experience of Higher Education in the UK Damian Spiteri | 17 |
| Chapter 2 Conceptualizing Higher Education Aspirations Formation among Marginalized Migrant Youth in Johannesburg, South Africa Wadzanai F. Mkwananzi and Merridy Wilson-Strydom | 27 |
| Chapter 3 Occupation-based Didactic Model for English Language Teaching to Refugees to Improve their Sustainability and Social Integration Haydeé Ramírez Lozada | 43 |
| Chapter 4 Post-secondary Education and the Full Integration of Government-Assisted Refugees in Canada: A Direction for Program Innovation Donald Reddick and Lisa Sadler | 59 |
| Chapter 5 Literacy Instruction Without Borders: Ideas for Developing Best Practices for Reading Programs in Refugee Settings Matt Thomas, Yuankun Yao, Katherine Landau Wright and Elizabeth Rutten-Turner | 75 |
| Chapter 6 “Start Ins Deutsche” – Students Teach German to Refugees at Goethe University Frankfurt Marika Gereke and Subin Nijhawan | 91 |
| Part II Technology and Higher Education | |
| Chapter 7 Refugees, Education, and Disability: Addressing the Educational Needs of Arabic-Speaking Refugees with Learning Challenges David Banes, Carine Allaf and Maggie Mitchell Salem | 109 |
| Chapter 8 Adaptation of Conventional Technologies with Refugee Language Learners: An Overview of Possibilities Heather Smyser | 125 |
| Chapter 9 How Social Media Can Play a Role in an Educational Context, in an Informal Refugee Camp in Europe Kathy O’Hare | 141 |
| Chapter 10 Reaching Refugees: Southern New Hampshire University’s Project-Based Degree Model for Refugee Higher Education Chrystina Russell and Nina Weaver | 157 |
| Chapter 11 Creating a Borderless World of Education for Refugees Enakshi Sengupta, Shai Reshef and Patrick Blessinger | 181 |
| About the Authors | 193 |
| Name Index | 201 |
| Subject Index | 209 |
List of Contributors
| Carine Allaf | Qatar Foundation International, Washington, USA |
| David Banes | David Banes Access and Inclusion Services, Milton Keynes, UK |
| Patrick Blessinger | St. John’s University and International HETL Association, New York, USA |
| Marika Gereke | Institute of Political Science, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany |
| Haydeé Ramírez Lozada | Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Esmeraldas, Ecuador |
| Wadzanai F. Mkwananzi | University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa |
| Subin Nijhawan | Department of English and American Studies (IEAS), Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany |
| Kathy O’Hare | University College Cork, Cork, Ireland |
| Donald Reddick | Kwantlen Polytechnic University, British Columbia, Canada |
| Chrystina Russell | Global Education Movement (GEM), Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, USA |
| Elizabeth Rutten-Turner | Saint Alphonsus Center for Global Health and Healing, Idaho, USA |
| Lisa Sadler | Langley School District, British Columbia, Canada |
| Maggie Mitchell Salem | Qatar Foundation International, Washington, USA |
| Heather Smyser | Independent Researcher, Texas, USA |
| Matt Thomas | University of Central Missouri, Missouri, USA |
| Enakshi Sengupta | The American University of Kurdistan, Kurdistan Regional Province, Iraq |
| Damian Spiteri | The Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST), Paola, Malta |
| Shai Reshef | University of the People, California, USA |
| Nina Weaver | Global Education Movement (GEM), Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, USA |
| Merridy Wilson-Strydom | University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa |
| Katherine Landau Wright | Boise State University, Idaho, USA |
| Yuankun Yao | University of Central Missouri, Missouri, USA |
