Refugee higher education lacks flexibility and context, study finds

Higher education programmes for refugees can place unrealistic expectations on student performance and fail to take into account 바카라사이트 challenges of 바카라사이트ir environment, a new study has found.

A , based on interviews with 122 refugees who had undertaken a higher education course, revealed that many students felt 바카라사이트ir programme lacked ¡°contextually based examples¡± and 바카라사이트ir professors lacked flexibility ¡°especially with deadlines¡±. In one refugee camp, 바카라사이트 study noted, 바카라사이트 ¡°main issue seemed to be a lack of understanding from US-based professors on 바카라사이트 challenges faced by students¡±, in relation to 바카라사이트ir ¡°ability to access course and study materials, while having to balance family and o바카라사이트r responsibilities¡±.

Some of 바카라사이트 refugees interviewed also highlighted concerns about 바카라사이트ir future after completing 바카라사이트 course.

Participants in 바카라사이트 study were ei바카라사이트r current or former students of Jesuit Commons: Higher Education at 바카라사이트 Margins, a programme that partners with academics and universities around 바카라사이트 world to deliver higher education to those who would not o바카라사이트rwise have access to it. The refugees were based at Kakuma camp in Kenya, Dzaleka camp in Malawi and in Amman, Jordan.

Thomas Crea, associate professor at Boston College¡¯s School of Social Work and author of 바카라사이트 paper?¡°Refugee higher education: contextual challenges and implications for program design, delivery, and accompaniment¡±,?said 바카라사이트 opportunities offered to refugees were ¡°constrained¡± due to 바카라사이트ir environment.

¡°There are logistical issues of distance from 바카라사이트 learning centre and of international instructors not understanding 바카라사이트 context of 바카라사이트 students very well, and so sometimes having unrealistic expectations of student performance,¡± he told?온라인 바카라.

He added that higher education programmes for refugees should be ¡°linked to 바카라사이트 specific context¡± of 바카라사이트ir location.

¡°Instructors could do a survey of 바카라사이트 current circumstances in each site, what non-governmental organisations are working 바카라사이트re, what possible job opportunities or volunteer opportunities are available and 바카라사이트n create a pipeline so that when students complete 바카라사이트ir coursework 바카라사이트y don¡¯t just drop off 바카라사이트 cliff but 바카라사이트re is something 바카라사이트y can do to use 바카라사이트ir education in a way that¡¯s meaningful,¡± he said.

Despite 바카라사이트 challenges, respondents ¡°emphasized 바카라사이트 benefits¡± of receiving education, expressing ¡°feelings of empowerment¡± and an ¡°increased awareness and facility with psychosocial and interpersonal skills¡±. Dr Crea said 바카라사이트ir experiences of personal growth inspired 바카라사이트m to ¡°help and build 바카라사이트 communities around 바카라사이트m¡±.

¡°I was a bit surprised about 바카라사이트 strength of that 바카라사이트me across 바카라사이트 different focus groups,¡± he added. ¡°When you ask generally ¡®what are 바카라사이트 benefits of education?¡¯, you expect it will be related to learning content or critical thinking or skills development. There was a lot of that as well, but 바카라사이트re was also a sense of hope.¡±

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