This course will integrate contemporary global perspectives on the study of migration and formal education at the P-16 levels. It is ideal for students interested in developing nuanced, inter-disciplinary understandings of the complex social, and political implications of migration and education.

Topics addressed: policy responses, curricular approaches, language(s) of instruction, teacher and learner identities, and community-school dynamics, race and racialization in school, family separation, education in refugee camps, new language learning and home language maintenance/development, students with interrupted formal education, educational outcomes, and more.

3 Undergrad hours/4 Graduate hours
Instructor: Liv T. Davila (livtd@illinois.edu)
Wednesdays, 1:00-3:50pm
Room 242 Education (on-campus only)