Addressing the Educational Challenges Faced by African Refugee Background Students: Perceptions of Western Australian Stakeholders

Autor/inn/en	Oliver, Rhonda; Haig, Yvonne; Grote, Ellen
Titel	Addressing the Educational Challenges Faced by African Refugee Background Students: Perceptions of Western Australian Stakeholders
Quelle	In: TESOL in Context, 19 (2009) 1, S.23-38 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1030-8385
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Refugees; Cultural Pluralism; Cultural Differences; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Qualitative Research; Access to Education; Literacy; Educational Attitudes; Stakeholders; Africa; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Flüchtling; Kulturpluralismus; Kultureller Unterschied; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Qualitative Forschung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Afrika; Australien
Abstract	Australian schools have a long history of providing education to students from culturally and linguistically diverse background, including new arrivals who are still in the process of acquiring English as an additional language. Nonetheless, the cohort of refugee children and youth coming from Africa's troubled regions in the last few years poses additional challenges for ESL and mainstream teachers. This paper draws on data from a qualitative research project undertaken in Western Australia to explore the perceptions of African refugee background students, their parents/caregivers, teachers and others involved in their education and support. The findings are described with respect to the perceived overarching challenges faced by students and teachers and as well as he main literacy issues which, in turn, affect student access to the wider curriculum. Possible strategies to address the problems identified by participants and literacy professionals are proposed. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian Council of TESOL Associations. P.O. Box 2019, Smithfield, New South Wales 2164, Australia. e-mail: actaexec@yahoo.com.au; Web site: http://www.tesol.org.au/Publications/TESOL-in-Context
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10