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Removal of Refugee Protections: Impact on Refugee Education, Mental Health, Coping, and Advocacy
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O'Neal, Colleen R.; Tan, Su Chen; Parrott, Jasmine E.; Martin, Shannon W. – Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 2023
The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of the removal of refugee protections on refugee education and mental health, in addition to the protective roles of advocacy, community, and religion. We conducted semi-structured interviews with seven Chin refugees from Myanmar who were refugee school leaders in Malaysia (mean age = 23; 57%…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Public Policy, Nonformal Education
Undoing Exclusions/Expanding Inclusion: Conceptualizing Spaces for Gendered Learning and Citizenship Constructions in Myanmar's Transition
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Maber, Elizabeth J. T. – Curriculum Inquiry, 2018
Education sites, particularly in situations of conflict and transition, can play multiple and changing roles, including validating reproductions of state-sanctioned citizenship along exclusive strata, or conversely presenting alternative models of more inclusive citizenship. This article seeks to explore the dynamics and contributions of differing…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Environment, Nonformal Education, Gender Issues
The Contributions of Community Learning Centres (CLCs) to Personal and Community Development in Myanmar
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Le, Ai Tam Pham – International Review of Education, 2018
Community learning centres (CLCs) have been widely established in the Asia-Pacific region as locally managed institutions that offer non-formal educational opportunities and community development activities. Myanmar officially has more than 3,000 centres, which is one of the highest numbers in the region. This article examines the operation of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nonformal Education, Community Programs, Community Development
Cross-Border Transitions: Navigating Conflict and Political Change through Community Education Practices in Myanmar and the Thai Border
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Maber, Elizabeth J. T. – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2016
Political oscillations in Myanmar and Thailand, between militarisation and democratic reform, have prompted a rapid renegotiation of the alignments, goals and priorities of non-state education providers, both international and community-based, along the two countries' border. This paper explores the responses to shifts in political environment…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Social Change, Educational Change, Conflict
Review of Indigenous Teacher Training Using Community-Based Adult Education: Implications for Technology and Outsider Educators
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Saunders, Anne – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2012
Worldwide there are critical shortfalls of teachers, particularly in Indigenous communities. This article considers the use of nonformal education (NFE) in the form of community-based adult education (CBAE) for Indigenous teacher training to meet this need. Drawing on a literature search of Indigenous CBAE initiatives, some of the challenges and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Adult Education, Empowerment, Nonformal Education