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This book presents a child-centred approach to migrant children¿s experiences in education. Using a decolonizing framework, the book interrogates the diversity of migrant experiences in the global South and North.
List of contents
1. Introduction Part 1: Methodological, Conceptual and Ethical Considerations in Child Centred Migration Studies 2. Research with migrant children from countries of the Global South: From ethical challenges to the decolonisation of research in the sensitive contexts of modernity 3. Reflexive narrative on identity and exclusion of the Zimbabwean child in the diaspora: ‘The odd-looking fellow’ 4. Critical Decolonial Interculturality as a tool to analyse best practices of inclusion centred on migrant children in a multi-ethnic territory of São Paulo city during the COVID-19 pandemic Part 2: Intersectional Inequalities, Racism, Stereotypes and Discrimination of Migrant Pupils 5. 'Othering' and integration of migrant children and young people of Albanian ethnic origin: Evidence from the Slovenian schools 6. Online learning during a pandemic and its impact on migrant children in Manchester, UK: "When the school closed…and being isolated at home I feel like my heart is closed" 7. Impact of the pandemic on refugee education in Greece Part 3: Well-being of Children in Migration Processes from the Global South: Case Studies 8. A Profile of Well-Being among Children of Kerala Migrants: Growing Up, Left Behind 9. What do we know about migration and the role of education in migration?: The case of Uzbekistan 10. African Migrant Children's Experiences in South African Schools 11. A comparative study of language learning barriers of German refugees and Cyprus migrant children 12. Conclusion: Working towards a hopeful future through child-centric Migration studies perspectives
About the author
Shoba Arun is Professor of International Sociology, Department of Sociology, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
Khawla Badwan is Reader in Applied Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
Hadjer Taibi holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
Farwa Batool is a Research Fellow at Bradford Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
Summary
This book presents a child-centred approach to migrant children’s experiences in education. Using a decolonizing framework, the book interrogates the diversity of migrant experiences in the global South and North.
