A Second Chance for Refugee Students
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2003
Abstract
Refugee students face special challenges as they flee the traumas of war and the hardships of refugee camps to begin life in a new country. Educators should be sensitive to these students’ special needs, which differ from those of other immigrants. For example, many such students suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and isolation. Group or individual tutoring provides a supportive academic environment for refugee students. To create a welcoming classroom, teachers can also use such strategies as learning a few words of the students’ native languages and teaching literature of their country of origin. Awareness of cultural differences can help teachers avoid misunderstandings. By their very survival, refugee students demonstrate a will to live and succeed, but they need educators’ support to thrive.
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Educational Leadership, v. 61, no. 2, p. 76-79
Scholar Commons Citation
McBrien, J. Lynn, "A Second Chance for Refugee Students" (2003). School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies Sarasota Manatee Campus Faculty Publications. 4.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/sigs_facpub_sm/4
