Conference paper
Failing Refugee Students: Schooling and Settlement
Proceedings of the 2007 Queensland Multicultural Summit
Queensland Multicultural Summit, 2007 (Brisbane, Australia, 2007)
Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland Ltd (ECCQ)
2007
Abstract
It is no exaggeration to say that refugee children's well-being depends to a major degree on their school experiences, successes and failures. School policies are a powerful tool for helping a refugee child feel safe and normal again, and begin to learn. They can promote the child's confidence and integration, and prevent isolation and frustration. Failure in school can have a disastrous impact on children who are trying to reconstruct their lives and their self esteem, and develop hope for the future. Educational progress and emotional well-being are mutually dependent (Richman, 1998a as cited in Hek, 2005: 29).
Details
- Title
- Failing Refugee Students: Schooling and Settlement
- Authors
- Julie M Matthews (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 2007 Queensland Multicultural Summit
- Conference details
- Queensland Multicultural Summit, 2007 (Brisbane, Australia, 2007)
- Publisher
- Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland Ltd (ECCQ)
- Date published
- 2007
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449725902621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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