Behind The Pages - Podcast Of The Jeie

This is an episode of Behind the Pages - the podcast of the Journal on Education in Emergencies. Join us for these exciting and timely conversations with JEiE authors about their work on education in regions affected by crisis and conflict. Since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, more than 6 million Syrians have been forced to seek refuge outside their home country. Half of those displaced are children. The influx puts a strain on neighboring countries’ national education systems and especially strains educators who work to provide stable and effective learning environments. In her article, “When the Personal Becomes the Professional: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Syrian Refugee Educators,” Elizabeth Adelman finds that refugee educators share many of the same social barriers and traumatic experiences as their students. However, these educators’ professional duty to their students frequently calls on them to develop strategies to persist and mask their own hardship in the classroom. This arti