Browsing GSE Theses and Dissertations by Author "Dryden-Peterson, Sarah"
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Challenges of Integration, Obligation and Identity: Exploring the Experiences of Teachers Working to Educate Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon
Adelman, Elizabeth (2018-10-15)The on-going war in Syria is a humanitarian crisis. Since conflict began in 2011, more than 1.2 million Syrians have crossed into Lebanon. Almost half of these refugees are school-aged children. Education is an essential ... -
Drop by Drop, a River is Formed: Community and Education in Kabul, Afghanistan
Faizi, Bibi-Zuhra (2021-05-14)Community is typically approached as either an obstacle or an asset in education. The history of Afghanistan includes periods of educational policies designed to limit community involvement and redefine social norms. More ... -
Learning in Multilingual Contexts: Language Policies, Cross-Linguistic Transfer, and Reading Interventions
de Galbert, Pierre Gaspard (2019-05-08)The proportion of children across the world who have access to basic education through formal schooling has never been as high as it is today. Surveys of literacy and numeracy skills in low- and middle-income countries, ... -
Learning to Belong, Belonging to Learn: Syrian Refugee Youths' Pursuits of Education, Membership and Stability in Lebanon
Chopra, Vidur (2018-05-08)The need to belong is a fundamental human need, yet in contemporary contexts of migration, conflict and forced displacement, it remains severely contested and continually undermined. The policies of education institutions ... -
When Illness Intervenes: Doctoral Students’ Experiences of Serious and Chronic Illness
Cheung, Amy (2019-10-21)Through socialization processes, doctoral students acquire professional academic capabilities and root an identity as a scholar. What happens, however, when a major disruption such as the diagnosis of a serious and/or ...