Abstract
This chapter captures the dynamic nature of refugee students’ agency regarding post school aspirations. Drawing on data from interviews with current university students of refugee background, it is evident that these students are immensely resilient, moulding their own life chances as agents of their own futures. Despite the interrupted schooling and difficulties they have experienced, especially in language acquisition, students of refugee backgrounds use their social and cultural resources to work towards career aspirations.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Contemporary Issues of Equity in Education |
| Editors | Susanne Gannon, Wayne Sawyer |
| Place of Publication | U.K. |
| Publisher | Cambridge Scholars |
| Pages | 100-114 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781443863322 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |