ITSF+4005+Education+in+Emergencies

=Fall 2011 =

Professor: Carine Allaf (TC)

Course description
Education for All remains a global challenge, especially in emergency contexts in which as many as 40 million children are living in countries affected by conflict and fragility and another 175 million children will be affected by climate-related disasters over the next 10 years. Although education has been recognized by many actors within the international community as a potentially life-saving and life-sustaining component of humanitarian response and a critical component of peace building and reconstruction efforts, there continue to be multiple challenges in ensuring the right to quality education.

This course provides students with a comprehensive introduction to the growing and increasingly complex field of education in emergencies, one which encompasses crises caused by natural disasters and armed conflict and which spans the relief-development spectrum. Building upon an underlying developmental and humanitarian theoretical framework, students will engage with practical aspects of planning and implementing education and will have the opportunities to analyze specific country contexts and educational programs and engage in practical activities, role play, and simulations to apply the themes of the course.

A combination of readings, lectures, student presentations, multimedia, group work and guest speakers will be used to deepen our understanding of the issues reviewed in the course.

Student contact information
Molly Hamm?