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Mendenhall, Mary; Gomez, Sonia; Varni, Emily; Guven, Ozen – Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2019
In this interview, Dr. Ozen Guven talks to Dr. Mary Mendenhall, Sonia Gomez, and Emily Varni about their research on teachers and teaching practices in contexts of forced displacement. Mendenhall, Gomez, and Varni recently authored "Teaching Amidst Conflict and Displacement: Persistent Challenges and Promising Practices for Refugee,…
Descriptors: Well Being, Teacher Supply and Demand, Teaching Methods, Refugees
Dayton-Johnson, Jeff – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2004
Natural disasters (droughts, earthquakes, epidemics, floods, wind storms) damage wellbeing, both in their immediate and long-term aftermath, and because the insecurity of exposure to disasters is in itself harmful to risk-averse people. As such, mitigating and coping with the risk of natural disasters is a pressing issue for economic development.…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Natural Disasters, Seismology, Foreign Countries