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Title: Exploring the Special Needs of African Refugee Children in U.S. Schools (Report)
Author : Childhood Education
Release Date : January 15, 2009
Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 197 KB

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Unlike most immigrants, who come to host countries after being granted legal permanent residency, refugees are forced to leave their homelands, often abruptly, due to threats to their personal safety. Refugees enter their host countries with no prior arrangements in place (e.g., housing, financial support of relatives, opportunities to start studying the local language) to assist them in the process of relocating. Perhaps one of the most important issues for refugee families is how to ease the transition to the new nation for their loved ones, especially their children. African refugees constitute one-third of the world's refugee population (InterAction, 2002) and many are now resettling in the United States. In 2007 alone, approximately 50,000 refugees settled in the United States. Of these, more than 17,000 were African (Hoefer, Baker, & Chertoff, 2008). Coming from different family structures and cultural backgrounds, these refugees bring diverse values and practices--especially with regard to education. Yet school is one of the most important, primary points of contact with the host community for refugees. Research that examines educational issues involved in these refugees' resettlement experiences is lacking. Thus, it is little wonder that teachers face day-to-day challenges in their efforts to adequately meet the education needs of African refugee children. Teachers need more information about the educational values and experiences that young African refugee children bring into their classrooms. Likewise, African refugee parents would benefit from guidance about the inner workings of the U.S. school system.