Handbook of Research on Teaching Strategies for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students
The chapter highlights students' initial contacts with the Australian formal education system... more The chapter highlights students' initial contacts with the Australian formal education system, the deficit logic that underpins underachievement, and provides a discourse around what can be done to make the Australian education landscape more inclusive and accommodating to refugees and new arrivals. The author employs a storytelling/narrative approach that focuses on three research participants to explore factors that enable students to successfully navigate the Australian education system. The discussion explores themes drawn from the narratives of participants and are supported by scholarly research. In addition to the participants' narratives, the author provides an insider's narrative with a strong emphasis on the view that ‘no one can tell the lived experience of refugees and new arrivals in Australia more accurately than themselves'. Narratives about lived experiences of refugees have frequently been told in the third person because many of the studies that wer...
Findings and conclusions presented in this report reflect a summary of consultations in the targe... more Findings and conclusions presented in this report reflect a summary of consultations in the target areas and with key stakeholders complemented by a review of the literature. This report was prepared by Karin Mackay and Mohamed Moustakim in good faith, exercising all due care and attention, but no representation or warranty, express or implied, is made as to the relevance, accuracy, completeness or fitness for purpose of this document in respect of any particular user's circumstances. Users of this document should satisfy themselves concerning its application to, and where necessary seek expert advice in respect of, their situation.
Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2014
The accuracy of the Content should not be relied upon and should be independently verified with p... more The accuracy of the Content should not be relied upon and should be independently verified with primary sources of information. Taylor and Francis shall not be liable for any losses, actions, claims, proceedings, demands, costs, expenses, damages, and other liabilities whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with, in relation to or arising out of the use of the Content. This article may be used for research, teaching, and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, redistribution, reselling, loan, sub-licensing, systematic supply, or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. Terms &
This study investigates educational resilience through the narratives of displaced African studen... more This study investigates educational resilience through the narratives of displaced African students from the Great Lakes region of Africa and surrounding countries, in Australian tertiary education. The study provides an insider's understanding of events in order to capture the educational experiences of refugee students in general, and African refugee students in particular. The study uses life history narratives of participants to explore the factors that enable students with a refugee background to be educationally resilient in spite of challenging life circumstances. The Banyarwanda of Rwanda say 'Ijoro ribara uwariraye', meaning that 'the events of the night can only be narrated by the one who stayed awake'. In other words, no one can tell the lived experience of refugees more accurately than refugees themselves.
The 'Culturally and Linguistically Diverse' (CALD) label: A critique using African migrants as ex... more The 'Culturally and Linguistically Diverse' (CALD) label: A critique using African migrants as exemplar Kwadwo Adusei-Asante and Hossein Adibi Black bodies in/out of place? Afrocentric perspectives and/on racialised belonging in Australia Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo and Virginia Mapedzahama Educational resilience and experiences of African students with a refugee background in Australian tertiary education Alfred Mupenzi Articles
Handbook of Research on Teaching Strategies for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students
The chapter highlights students' initial contacts with the Australian formal education system... more The chapter highlights students' initial contacts with the Australian formal education system, the deficit logic that underpins underachievement, and provides a discourse around what can be done to make the Australian education landscape more inclusive and accommodating to refugees and new arrivals. The author employs a storytelling/narrative approach that focuses on three research participants to explore factors that enable students to successfully navigate the Australian education system. The discussion explores themes drawn from the narratives of participants and are supported by scholarly research. In addition to the participants' narratives, the author provides an insider's narrative with a strong emphasis on the view that ‘no one can tell the lived experience of refugees and new arrivals in Australia more accurately than themselves'. Narratives about lived experiences of refugees have frequently been told in the third person because many of the studies that wer...
Findings and conclusions presented in this report reflect a summary of consultations in the targe... more Findings and conclusions presented in this report reflect a summary of consultations in the target areas and with key stakeholders complemented by a review of the literature. This report was prepared by Karin Mackay and Mohamed Moustakim in good faith, exercising all due care and attention, but no representation or warranty, express or implied, is made as to the relevance, accuracy, completeness or fitness for purpose of this document in respect of any particular user's circumstances. Users of this document should satisfy themselves concerning its application to, and where necessary seek expert advice in respect of, their situation.
Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2014
The accuracy of the Content should not be relied upon and should be independently verified with p... more The accuracy of the Content should not be relied upon and should be independently verified with primary sources of information. Taylor and Francis shall not be liable for any losses, actions, claims, proceedings, demands, costs, expenses, damages, and other liabilities whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with, in relation to or arising out of the use of the Content. This article may be used for research, teaching, and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, redistribution, reselling, loan, sub-licensing, systematic supply, or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. Terms &
This study investigates educational resilience through the narratives of displaced African studen... more This study investigates educational resilience through the narratives of displaced African students from the Great Lakes region of Africa and surrounding countries, in Australian tertiary education. The study provides an insider's understanding of events in order to capture the educational experiences of refugee students in general, and African refugee students in particular. The study uses life history narratives of participants to explore the factors that enable students with a refugee background to be educationally resilient in spite of challenging life circumstances. The Banyarwanda of Rwanda say 'Ijoro ribara uwariraye', meaning that 'the events of the night can only be narrated by the one who stayed awake'. In other words, no one can tell the lived experience of refugees more accurately than refugees themselves.
The 'Culturally and Linguistically Diverse' (CALD) label: A critique using African migrants as ex... more The 'Culturally and Linguistically Diverse' (CALD) label: A critique using African migrants as exemplar Kwadwo Adusei-Asante and Hossein Adibi Black bodies in/out of place? Afrocentric perspectives and/on racialised belonging in Australia Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo and Virginia Mapedzahama Educational resilience and experiences of African students with a refugee background in Australian tertiary education Alfred Mupenzi Articles
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