Refugees in Higher Education - Debate, Discourse and Practice

This book provides a critical appraisal of the participation of students from refugee backgrounds in higher education, exploring how global discourses about forced migration play out for students in terms of accessing, participating, and succeeding in higher education.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Professor Jacqueline Stevenson is Head of Research, Sheffield Institute of Education, Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She is a sociologist of education with a particular interest in policy and practice relating to equity and diversity in higher education, widening participation, access and student success, pedagogic diversity and the stratification and marketisation of higher education; and is the co-editor of Religion and Higher Education in Europe and North America (Routledge, 2017). Dr Sally Baker is a Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, Australia. She is a sociologist of language and education, whose research interests centre on language and literacies, cultural transitions, educational policy and social justice. She is particularly interested in the interplay between policy, discourse and practices related to equity in higher education, particularly with students from culturally and linguistically diverse background.

Zusammenfassung

This book provides a critical appraisal of the participation of students from refugee backgrounds in higher education, exploring how global discourses about forced migration play out for students in terms of accessing, participating, and succeeding in higher education.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Sally Baker, Sally (University of New South Wales Baker, Sally (University of New South Wales Australia) Baker, Jacqueline Stevenson, Jacqueline (Sheffield Hallam University Stevenson, Jacqueline (Sheffield Hallam University UK) Stevenson
• Verlag: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781787542167
• ISBN: 978-1-78754-216-7
• Seiten: 168
• Abmessung: 157 mm x 235 mm x 14 mm
• Gewicht: 405 g
• Serien: Great Debates in Higher Educat; Great Debates in Higher Education; Great Debates in Higher Education; Great Debates in Higher Educat
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Sozialpädagogik, Soziale Arbeit