[eal-bilingual] CPD course: TEACHING REFUGEE AND ASYLUM SEEKING CHILDREN

TEACHING REFUGEE AND ASYLUM SEEKING CHILDREN

Wednesday 19 March 2008  09:30 to 15:30 (Registration at 09:15)
Course ref: E112

Course Venue

Institute of Education
20 Bedford Way
London
WC1H 0AL

Course Aims
The course will aim to:

• provide background information on refugees and asylum seekers, and  
asylum issues in the UK
• raise awareness of the impact on children of persecution, loss and  
exile, and ways schools can support resilience
• provide guidance on effective practice in promoting the inclusion  
of refugee pupils in school
• provide examples of curriculum activities that develop awareness,  
and generate empathy and understanding towards refugees

Course Outline
This course aims to provide an overview of good practice in teaching  
children from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds. Participants  
will develop an awareness of the current context of asylum policy and  
the need to respond to children’s diverse needs.

Key themes will be:

• international protection instruments and children’s rights
• current asylum policy in the UK
• understanding the impact of conflict and children’s emotional and  
social needs
• responding to pupil mobility and the needs of new arrivals
• Every Child Matters and refugee children
• teaching about refugees, identity, inclusion and the media

To apply for a place on the course contact:

CPD Office
T 020 7612 6589/6987
F 020 7612 6600
Email: cpd at ioe.ac.uk

Course application forms and a flyer can be downloaded from:

http://ioewebserver.ioe.ac.uk/ioe/cms/get.asp?cid=882&882_1=17735