Learning, Migration And Intergenerational Relations: The Karen And The Gift Of Education (palgrave Studies On Children And Development)

Annotation Focusing on the Karen people in Burma, Thailand and the United Kingdom, this book analyses how global, regional and local developments affect patterns of learning. It combines historical and ethnographic research to explore the mutual shaping of intergenerational relations and children s practical and formal learning within a context of migration and socio-political change. In this endeavour, Pia Jolliffe discusses traditional patterns of socio-cultural learning within Karen communities as well as the role of Christian missionaries in introducing schooling to the Karen in Burma and in Thailand. This is followed by an analysis of children s migration for education in northern Thailand where state schools often encourage students aspirations towards upward social mobility at the same time as schools reproduce social inequality between the rural Karen and urban Thai society. The author draws attention to international humanitarian agencies who deliver education to refugees and migrants at the Thai-Burma border, as well as the role of UK government schools in the process of resettling Karen refugees. In this way, the book analyses the connections between learning, migration and intergenerational relations in households, schools and other institutions at the local, regional and global level." "Dedication "--"Foreword"--" Integrative Learning and the Karen Diaspora" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "Contents" -- "List of Figures" -- "Chapter 1: Introduction" -- "Childhood and Sociopolitical Change" -- "Education and Social Dissonance" -- "Intergenerational Relations and Learning" -- "The Karen" -- "The Karen from Thailand and Burma" -- "The Legend of the Lost Book" -- "Research Context and Methods" -- "Book Structure" -- "Bibliography" -- "Chapter 2: Sociocultural Learning and Work in the Family" -- " Work in the Family" -- " Intergenerational Relations and Rural Development" -- " Social Morality and Childrenâ#x80;#x99;s Working Activities" -- " Diligence and Laziness" -- " Household Interdependencies" -- " Childrenâ#x80;#x99;s Occupational Aspirations" -- "Bibliography" -- "Chapter 3: The Value of Schooling" -- " Missionary Schools in Burma" -- " Among the Poor" -- " The American Baptists" -- " Catholic Schools in Thailand" -- " Mae Pon School" -- " Educational Pathways" -- "Bibliography" -- "Chapter 4: Schools as Sites of Inclusion and Marginalization" -- " Huay Tong and Its School" -- " Introducing Modern Values" -- " Verbal and Non-verbal Communication" -- " School and Inequality" -- " Encouraging Diversity Through School Projects" -- "Bibliography" -- "Chapter 5: Migration for Education and Social Inequality" -- " Karen Migration for Work and Education" -- " Schooling and Fosterage" -- " Scholarship Programmes" -- " Childrenâ#x80;#x99;s Agency" -- " Peer Relations as Status Relations" -- " Sociocultural Identities" -- "Bibliography" -- "Chapter 6: Education and Displacement at the Thai-ÂƯBurma Border" -- " Lack of Education in Rural Burma" -- " Post-secondary Education in Refugee Camps" -- " Post Ten School" -- " The Jesuit Arrupe Education Project" -- " Life Course Aspirations" -- "Bibliography" Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Introduction....Pages 1-33 Sociocultural Learning and Work in the Family....Pages 35-51 The Value of Schooling....Pages 53-74 Schools as Sites of Inclusion and Marginalization....Pages 75-92 Migration for Education and Social Inequality....Pages 93-114 Education and Displacement at the Thai-Burma Border....Pages 115-141 Learning and Integration in the UK....Pages 143-162 Back Matter....Pages 163-180