Supporting Learning in Traumatic Conflicts: innovative responses to education in refugee camp environments

Supporting Learning in Traumatic Conflicts: innovative responses to education in refugee camp environments

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  Dr Alan Bruce ImeldaGraham Maria-Antònia Guardiola EDEN 2018 Genoa, Italy Supporting Learning in Traumatic Conflicts: Innovative responses to education in refugee camp environments
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  Overview • Issue ofmass migration has dominated European discourse for at least 40 years. • Since Iraq invasion an entirely new phenomenon has emerged – millions fleeing failed States, violence, terrorism and despair. • New problems: family fragmentation, emotional trauma, the need to rebuild lives. • Education provision for refugees is not being done in a consistent and qualitative manner in Europe. • Aim of paper: theoretical, design and implementation issues addressing conflict resolution theory with practical steps to support learning in crisis or traumatic environments. • Case study of Lesvos
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  Scale of crisis •5.5 million Syrian refugees (UNHCR, June 2017). • Human cost of drowning, disruption, injury and trauma. • Legal obligations of international law: requirement for States to provide sanctuary and succor. • EU responses uncoordinated, fragmented and often counter-productive. • Rising tide of racism and discrimination in many Member States matched by a highly prejudicial mass media. • Total number of refugees on Greek islands (June 2018): 15,988
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  The challenge • Situationwill continue in future. (a) humanitarian response (b) concrete supports (c) strategies for integration (d) Inclusion. • If done well and consistently, refugees can acquire the tools to succeed: Education, Training and Employment • Concrete measures to engage these populations require vision, policy and action. • Key role for universities to raise issue, provide research, train staff and engage policy makers.
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  SDG
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  Quality Education Ensure inclusiveand equitable quality education and promote life-long learning opportunities for all
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  Universities and the refugeecrisis Rethinking the universities’ role ✓Universities are not NGOs. ✓ This crisis is a Human Rights matter. ✓ Avoiding a lost generation. ✓ Building shelter cities and a new welcoming culture. ✓ Beyond the humanitarian emergency: long-term initiatives:
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  Scholarships Program for Refugees ●Pilot test ● 2 call for applications: in February and in September 2017 ● Specializations and languages ● 61 scholarships in all ● 2018: 30 new scholarships in June ● 15 different refugees nationalities ● Laptops for training ● Volunteer refugees ● Mentorship program ● 100% UOC funding ● Partners: Red Cross, ACNUR, FC Barcelona
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  UOC Masters inConflictology • Development of a significant new level of technological capacity with advanced ICT supported learning enables a significant expansion of scale in recent years for students across the world. • UOC School for Cooperation runs different programs on conflict resolution on line and in English. • UOC’s virtual campus was an efficient system for UN staff taking this program online - students can connect and have a welcoming tutor to help them navigate through the campus. • This is a two-way agreement that also benefits UOC students wishing to take any subjects in the UNITAR course catalogue, as their credits will be validated.
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  Joy and Necessityof Learning: the beginning
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  From Early Years….. ‘Childrencome to us stuffed with wonder, eyes lit bright with projects. Their hands are eager to pull apart life’s mysteries, their voices ready to shout out accomplishments, each echo adding shape to their being.’ (Greenman, 1998 in Graham, 2014)
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  To Adult Years….theJoy of Learning @Mosaik in Lesvos Students from 29 Nationalities now studying in Mosaik
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  Background Lesvos Solidarity PikpaCamp founded by Efi Latsoudi in 2015 Awarded the Nansen Award in 2016. Full – time staff, Volunteers, Refugees
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  http://lesvossolidarity.org/index.php/en/ https://youtu.be/t2hxGn7MkjY ECI 2018 ImeldaGraham Lesvos Solidarity: Pikpa Camp
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  Mosaik: Founded in2016 by Lesvos Solidarity and Borderline Europe https://vimeo.com/232090772
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  Learning Achievements!
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  Conflict: Consequences
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  Possibilities: From thegraveyard of life jackets
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  Contact Dr. Alan Bruce ImeldaGraham Maria-Antònia Guardiola (UOC, Spain) [email protected] www.ulsystems.com www.changelearning.eu