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Creating Spaces of Wellbeing and Belonging for Refugee and Asylum-Seeker Students

Skills and Strategies for Classroom Teachers
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Creating Spaces of Wellbeing and Belonging for Refugee and Asylum-Seeker Students offers a practical guide for educators aiming to support the educational and social development of refugee and asylum-seeker children. Each chapter presents relevant theory and is enriched with real-world vignettes and reflective analysis, helping teachers apply differentiated pedagogical approaches. The book includes insights from experienced educators across the globe, addressing the unique challenges of multilingual, multicultural classrooms where students often face trauma and loss, and guiding readers towards effective inclusive practices.
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This book is designed for school leaders, classroom teachers, and educational professionals supporting refugee-background students. It is especially suited to those working in multilingual and multicultural environments who seek strategies to foster wellbeing and belonging for vulnerable children.

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This book outlines the ways educators can support positive educational and social outcomes for the most vulnerable children in their communities. It is intended for use in schools by school leaders and classroom teachers, and by educational professionals engaged in supporting schools with students with refugee backgrounds.

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Creating Spaces of Wellbeing and Belonging for Refugee and Asylum-Seeker Students: Skills and Strategies for Classroom Teachers outlines the ways educators can support positive educational and social outcomes for the most vulnerable children in their communities.

Each chapter briefly outlines the relevant theory, expanding on this through vignettes from research and analytical reflection, helping the reader identify and apply the differentiated pedagogical understandings in their own classrooms. Providing insights from educators who are doing this work successfully across the globe, the book highlights the challenges and considerations that teachers face in multilingual, multicultural classroom environments where students’ common experience is trauma and loss, and guides them towards effective practice.

This book is intended for use in schools by school leaders and classroom teachers and by educational professionals engaged in supporting schools with students with refugee backgrounds.

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Ken Zeichner, Boeing Professor of Teacher Education Emeritus at the University of Washington, praises the book as a valuable resource that includes interviews with teachers from five English-speaking countries. He highlights how it connects practical teaching reflections to supporting theory and research, making it useful for teachers and teacher educators alike. The reviews commend the book as ambitious, profound, and humane, recognising the critical global context of educating displaced children.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781032076065

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 30 November 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 1300g

Pages: 150

About the Author

Maura Sellars, PhD, has three decades of experience as a teacher and member of school executive teams, and almost two decades as an academic, specialising in differentiation strategies. As an inclusivist, her current research, books and articles focus on authentic school inclusion for students with refugee and asylum seeker experiences.

Scott Imig, PhD, is a former primary and middle school teacher. He has spent much of his university career studying the qualities of effective and engaging classrooms. His current research focuses on understanding and helping school communities support the integration of families with refugee and asylum-seeker backgrounds.

Professor John Fischetti started his career in refugee education working with Haitian and Cambodian refugee children in the United States. His current work focuses on school and leadership transformation, advocating for changing the role of the learner, the role of the teacher and assessment simultaneously to promote learning equity.

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