NEPC Policy Lab

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Migration and Education

Policy Lab for Education Policy Experts and Practitioners

Rescheduled to October 2010- more information soon

Organized by the Network of Education Policy Centers in collaboration with
Research Institute of Education International


 

Faculty:

Bowen Paulle, Ph. D., The Bridge Research Partnership
Maria Golubeva, Ph.D., PROVIDUS/Network of Education Policy Centers
Miho Taguma,  OECD, Directorate for Education


The 2-day "policy lab" is intended for:

  • education policy experts;
  • representatives of municipal and government agencies developing and implementing education policies;
  • representatives of NGOs working with the integration of migrants.


Structure and Topics:

The event will consist of three learning sessions with presentations by lecturers/ experts followed by two moderated solution-generating sessions.

The learning sessions will consist of presentations by experts on migration policy with following commentary and critique / alternative perspective from another expert. The invited experts will represent academic and think-tank perspectives as well as the perspectives of international organisations.

  • Education of migrants: Where are we now?
  • Segregation of students of migrant origins in comprehensive schools: equity and free choice dilemmas

Supplementary session: migrant education policies outside the EU

 

The solution-generating sessions will use creative thinking techniques and scenario method to arrive at innovative solutions for two areas of migration/ education policy issues:

  • Segregation, self-segregation and marginalisation: the search for new solutions
  • Setting up policies for the education of migrants where there were none before