FreshEd #94 – Portraying refugee education (Sarah Dryden-Peterson)

Across the globe, millions of people have been displaced from their homes. How does the international community respond to this humanitarian crisis? What is the role of education? My guest today is Sarah Dryden-Peterson. She leads a research program that focuses on the connections between education and community development, specifically the role that education plays in building peaceful and participatory societies, particularly in conflict and post-conflict settings. She is concerned with the interplay between local experiences of children, families, and teachers and the development and implementation of national and international policy. Sarah has recently written an article entitled “Refugee education: Education for an unknowable future” in a special issue of the journal Curriculum Inquiry that rethinks refugee education Sarah Dryden-Peterson is an Associate Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She taught middle school in Boston, founded non-profits in South Africa and Uganda, and has two school-aged children.