Refugee Education 4.0: The Potential and Pitfalls of EdTech for Refugee Education

Sultan Al Habsi and Britta Rude

CESifo Forum, 2021, vol. 22, issue 05, 43-49

Abstract: The pandemic has led to a spike in implementing education technologies around the globe. Now the educational sector might finally catch up with technological advancements in other industries. Do new technologies in the area of learning have the potential to achieve a more equitable education distribution and include population groups with low access rates? Refugees are especially vulnerable with only 1 out of 4 refugee children enrolled in secondary education. Their educational paths are often disrupted and marked by a lack of systematic approaches. The potential of EdTech for refugee education is large but marked by several pitfalls. A low digital infrastructure as well as a lack of digital skills are challenges, in addition to the need for tailored educational offers and more sustainable approaches.

Date: 2021
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.cesifo.org/DocDL/CESifo-Forum-2021-5-a ... efugee-september.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ces:ifofor:v:22:y:2021:i:05:p:43-49

Access Statistics for this article

CESifo Forum is currently edited by Chang Woon Nam

More articles in CESifo Forum from ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Klaus Wohlrabe ().