NCVER - Classroom management strategies to address the needs of Sudanese refugee learners

Item:: 1778
Title:: Classroom management strategies to address the needs of Sudanese refugee learners
Authors:: Ursula Burgoyne, Oksana Hull
Publication date:: 5 June 2007
Type:: Research report
Themes:: Teaching and learning > Literacy/numeracy > General
: Students and individuals > Learner groups > Access and equity groups
: Students and individuals > Learner groups > Non-English speaking background students
: Teaching and learning > Teaching and learning delivery > Learner support
ISBN:: 978 1 921170 38 6 print; 978 1 921170 44 7 web

This study examined the extent to which English language, literacy and numeracy teachers used classroom management strategies to meet the needs of adult Sudanese refugee learners. While teachers met the needs of these learners insofar as they coincided with those of other refugee groups, the highly oral language culture of these learners appeared not to have been accounted for in teaching strategies. Recommendations include greater flexibility in program content, outcomes and delivery.