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Education, asylum and the ‘non-citizen’ child : The politics of compassion and belonging

This work won second prize from the Society for Educational Studies (SES) for books published in 2010, based on quality of research and/or scholarship; originality of analysis and argument; theory/practice relation; and quality and accessibility of writing.

This is a 259 page book of approximately 95,000 words. It is mainly based on The Education of Asylum Seeker and Refugee Children (Arnot & Pinson, 2005), Schooling, Security and Belonging (Arnot & Candappa, 2006-2007), Extraordinary Childhoods (Candappa & Egharevba, 1996-1998) and Education and Schooling for Asylum-Seeking and Refugee Students in Scotland (Candappa et al., 2005-2006). We offer a sociological perspective into the morality behind the education of asylum-seeking and refugee children, using compassion and belonging as conceptual lenses. I am the third author, was responsible for approximately 30% of the text and led on chapters 8, 9 and 10.