Refugee Background Students Transitioning Into Higher Education Navigating Complex Spaces /

• Main Authors: Naidoo, Loshini (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Wilkinson, Jane (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Adoniou, Misty (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Langat, Kiprono (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Higher education.; Educational policy.; Education and state.; Educational sociology.; Higher Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Sociology of Education.

This book is one of the first of its kind to examine the aspirations of refugee background students and accompanies them as they journey through the on-shore stage of settlement, enrolment and participation in the Australian education system. It begins with students' experiences of on-shore set...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Contextualising the complex spaces of refugee youth transition into higher education
• 2 Forced migration and displacement: Understanding the refugee journey
• 3 Prior life experiences
• 4 The role of schools in supporting university transition
• 5 Navigating the terrain of higher education
• 6 Barriers to access and participation in higher education for refugee youth: Language challenges
• 7 The role of communities in supporting refugee youth transition
• 8 Fostering an enabling learning culture in higher education for refugee youth: Enablers to access and participation
• 9 Conclusion: Drawing the threads together.