Teachers in Refugee & Displacement Settings
Global (16 different countries), including country visits to Chad, Malaysia, and Uganda
August 2022 - May 2024
Primary Investigator: Dr. Mary Mendenhall
This study conceptualizes different teacher profiles and how they intersect with teacher management and teacher professional development policies and practices, what challenges arise as a result, and what needs to change in our collective efforts to strengthen teacher quality and workforce sustainability. The mixed-methods study combined interviews, focus group discussions, document analysis in three case study countries (Chad, Malaysia, and Uganda), and an online survey (across education actors in 16 different countries) to capture information from a diverse range of education actors.
Publications and Resources
Articles
Mendenhall, M., Telford, R., & Hure, M. (2023). National inclusion efforts: Don’t forget refugee teachers. Refugee Teachers: The Heart of the Global Refugee Response. NORRAG Policy Insights
Reports
Supporting Teachers Amidst Displacement: Pathways for Improving Teacher Quality & Workforce Sustainability (forthcoming)
Teachers in Refugee & Displacement Settings: Chad Case Study (forthcoming)
Teachers in Refugee & Displacement Settings: Malaysia Case Study (forthcoming)
Teachers in Refugee & Displacement Settings: Uganda Case Study (forthcoming)
Webinars
Webinar (forthcoming)
- Dr. Mary Mendenhall (Primary Investigator)
- Danielle Falk '23 (Doctoral Student)
- Daniel Shephard '23 (Doctoral Student)
- Christopher Henderson (Doctoral Student)
- Whitney Hough (Doctoral Student)
- Samaya Mansour (Doctoral Student)
- Kemigisha Richardson (Doctoral Student)
- Sarah Etzel '24 (Master's Student)
*The following master’s and doctoral students and recent graduates also contributed to background research on the various country contexts under review in this study: Arwa Ayoub, Lottie Boumeester, Theresa Cann, Lindsey Cunningham, Andréia Davies, Ismael Hammoudi, Yesim Hanci, Richaa Hoysala, Sabrina Huang, Stella Hwang, Sujung Hwang, Laura Itzzel Carbajal Montalvo, Claire Laslett, Kathryn Lin, Theo Ntwari, Pia Rios, Alex Rodriguez, and Tianyi Yan.
- UNHCR
- UNHCR (through funding from Educate a Child), Provost’s Seed Project Fund