Creating Spaces of Wellbeing and Belonging for Refugee and Asylum-Seeker Students: Skills and Strategies for School Leaders
Author(s): Scott Imig, Maura Sellars, and John C. Fischetti
Publisher: Routledge
Print Length: 136 pages
Genre: Non-Fiction / Educational Theory and Practices, Migration & Refugee Studies
Topic: Education, Inclusive Education, Teacher, Leadership, Wellbeing, Belonging, Trauma, Grief, Refugees & Forced Migration, Asylum & Asylum Seekers, Asylum & Refugee System, Multiculturalism, Inclusivity, Identity, Diversity, Inclusivity, Safety, Equity & Fairness, Culture & Society, Social Cohesion, Integration, Racism
This practical resource for principals and school leaders provides guidance on how to develop schools into places of belonging for all children, especially children of refugee and asylum-seeker backgrounds. It demonstrates the need for school leaders to be informed, reflective individuals and highlights the role that leaders can play in a school culture that provides a safe place and effective educational opportunities for these students.
Written in an accessible manner, each chapter includes a summary of theory and vignettes from school leaders that outline approaches, challenges, critical reflections and suggestions for how their experiences can be adapted to other contexts. Principals’ voices and experiences from across the globe are included, representing a range of school levels including primary and secondary, large and small enrolments, religious and public, and urban and rural settings.
This book is intended for use in schools by school principals and aspiring school leaders, and by educational professionals engaged in supporting schools with students with refugee backgrounds.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The reflective leader
2. Racism
3. Understanding cultural diversity
4. Trauma and loss
5. Wellbeing and belonging
6. Social safety, identity and integration
7. Leadership and school culture
8. Supportive pedagogical approaches
9. Sharing the leadership challenge
Index
Scott Imig is Associate Professor at School of Education, The University of Newcastle Australia. He is a former primary and middle school teacher. He has spent much of his university career studying the qualities of effective and engaging classrooms, helping educators on both sides of the Pacific to engage in reflective practice and conversations about growth. His current research focuses on understanding and helping school communities support the integration of families with refugee and asylum-seeker backgrounds.
Source: https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/scott-imig
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Maura Sellars is Honorary Lecturer at School of Education, The University of Newcastle Australia. She 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. She has a particular interest in inclusive classroom practices, working with students’ strengths and developing the students’ cognitive capacities of executive function within diverse social and cultural communities. Her research takes a holistic look at what it is to be educated and included.
Source: https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/maura-sellars
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John C. Fischetti is Professor at School of Education, The University of Newcastle Australia. He 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.
Source: https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/john-fischetti
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