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We celebrated the launch of Pedagogies of Belonging, with a webinar discussion of this book’s central question:
What would it take to ensure that all young people have access to learning that enables them to feel a sense of belonging and prepares them to help build more peaceful and equitable futures?
Video | What would it take to ensure that all refugee young people have access to learning that enables them to feel a sense of belonging? Refugee REACH founder and director Sarah Dryden-Peterson joined Steve Paikin on TVO’s The Agenda to discuss her book “Right Where We Belong: How Refugee Teachers and Students Are Changing the Future of Education,” and to explore this question.
Podcast | Celia Reddick and Sarah Dryden-Peterson discuss language of instruction in refugee education on the FreshEd podcast, hosted by Will Brehm.
Insight | Student leaders and educators in Refugee REACH director Sarah Dryden-Peterson's new module at HGSE, Education in Uncertainty, share how they were able to connect their studies to practice and respond to emerging needs of their local communities and build supports during Covid-19.
Insight | HGSE shares resources for educators and caregivers following the insurrection at the U.S. Capital, including thoughts by Refugee REACH's Sarah Dryden-Peterson.
Insight | HGSE faculty, including Refugee REACH’s own Sarah Dryden-Peterson, share the ways in which technology helped them explore hands-on learning experience, foster community, and continue the conversation outside the classroom during Covid-19.
Podcast | Co-authors Benjamin Piper and Sarah Dryden-Peterson discuss the factors that influence early grade reading and suggest that focusing on education quality is important for improving literacy outcomes.
Insight | Featured article in Harvard Ed Magazine’s Summer 2020 edition highlighting six steps schools and communities should take to welcome displaced students into their communities and instill a sense of belonging.
Op-Ed | REACH founder and director Sarah Dryden-Peterson shares lessons learned from her own work with displaced refugees and people in settings of conflict that can help policymakers, educators, and researchers plan for a future of learning and uncertainty during Covid-19.
Podcast | Sarah Dryden-Peterson discusses the impact of Covid-19 on education systems worldwide, and the large body of research on education in emergency situations that can help guide us through this unprecedented situation.
Insight | Sarah Dryden-Peterson shares her perspective on the school shutdowns caused by Covid-19 in this NPR article, offering lessons from other education in emergencies.
Insight | HGSE article highlighting REACH’s work, plus other practices used in global emergency education settings to maintain a sense of human connection in communities during Covid-19.
Podcast | Sarah Dryden-Peterson sits down with FreshEd’s Will Brehm to discuss ways in which teachers use pedagogy, content, and relationships to create, rather than close, the kinds of future opportunities available to their refugee students.
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