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Identifying the Learning Development of Students Who Are Refugees

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2012

Donna Tangen
Donna Tangen*
Affiliation:
Queensland University of Technology, Australia. [email protected]
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*Address for correspondence: Donna Tangen, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove QLD 4059, Australia.

Abstract

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Students who are refugees need understanding and support to settle successfully into mainstream Australian classrooms. Teachers not aware of students' prior learning and the process of second language acquisition may have difficulty providing the most appropriate learning environments to meet these students' needs. This study found that, with no coordination of information on students' learning backgrounds nor of their learning needs and development, students were in danger of being identified as at-risk of having a learning disability, with little support to substantiate such claims.

Keywords

learning needsrefugeeinformation sharing
Type
Articles
Information
Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , December 2009 , pp. 150 - 160
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009