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Pathways to Educational Success Among Refugees: Connecting Locally and Globally Situated Resources
Resource type
Journal Article
Authors/contributors
- Dryden-Peterson, Sarah (Author)
- Dahya, Negin (Author)
- Adelman, Elizabeth (Author)
Title
Pathways to Educational Success Among Refugees: Connecting Locally and Globally Situated Resources
Abstract
This study identifies pathways to educational success among refugees. Data are from an original online survey of Somali diaspora and in-depth qualitative interviews with Somali refugee students educated in the Dadaab refugee camps of Kenya. This research builds on Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model to consider both the locally and globally situated nature of resources across refugees’ ecosystems. Analysis examines the nature and content of student-identified supports and their perceived influence on access to and persistence in school as well as the mediating role of technology. The findings suggest consideration of both locally situated relationships and globally situated relationships as critical educational supports. Implications include leveraging naturally occurring virtual relationships to support educational success of refugees and other young people who are physically isolated from access to needed supports in their local region.
Publication
American Educational Research Journal
Volume
54
Issue
6
Pages
1011-1047
Date
December 1, 2017
Journal Abbr
American Educational Research Journal
Language
en
ISSN
0002-8312
Short Title
Pathways to Educational Success Among Refugees
Accessed
28/04/2020, 18:50
Library Catalogue
SAGE Journals
Extra
Publisher: American Educational Research Association
shortDOI: 10/ggjrsj
Citation
Dryden-Peterson, S., Dahya, N., & Adelman, E. (2017). Pathways to Educational Success Among Refugees: Connecting Locally and Globally Situated Resources. American Educational Research Journal, 54(6), 1011–1047. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831217714321
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