Nurturing Needs: Literacy Achievement for Refugee students
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01/10/2010
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Yeronga State School, located 7 km from the city in Brisbane, Queensland, opened in 1871. YSS caters for a middle class inner-suburban community, however, from the mid 1990s enrolments brought new forms of socio-economic, cultural and linguistic diversity. Initially, ESL students were enrolled due to their immigrant parents enrolling in the neighbouring TAFE. Then refugee families from Bosnia and the Middle East became part of the YSS community. In recent years, refugee numbers have accounted for up to 23% of the school population. Many of these new arrivals left behind families in war-torn circumstances, were orphaned or came to live with unknown relatives. Some family members were victims of torture which may have been witnessed by the children. Trauma for some or all family members was a very real concern. Others were born in refugee camps, where food was scarce, belongings needed to be guarded and safety was never guaranteed. |
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Australian Literacy Educators' Association |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/34454/1/c34454.pdf http://www.alea.edu.au/documents/item/32 Walker, Carla & Exley, Beryl E. (2010) Nurturing Needs: Literacy Achievement for Refugee students. ALEA Today, 2010(Oct). |
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Copyright 2010 [please consult the authors] |
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Office of Education Research; Faculty of Education; School of Cultural & Language Studies in Education |
Palavras-Chave | #130204 English and Literacy Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. LOTE ESL and TESOL) #refugee education #diversity #Yeronga State School |
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Journal Article |