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A Teacher and Students’ Transformation at a Time of War

A Case from Yemen

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Experiments in Agency

Part of the book series: New Research – New Voices ((NRNV))

Abstract

Wars destroy nations while education builds them. No doubt, wars impose challenges on education, but how can teachers and their students deal with the ramification of the first on the second? How can teachers help build bridges for their students to cross safely from the agony of war to the comfort of peace and stability? How teachers and students are transformed while they try to bring normalcy to their schools during and after the war? Majid was driven by these questions when he worked on this project.

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  1. George Mason University, USA

    Ahmed Atef

  2. Osama Bin Zaid Primary and Secondary School, Yemen

    Majid Mahdi

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  1. George Mason University, USA

    Supriya Baily

  2. George Mason University, USA

    Farnoosh Shahrokhi

  3. George Mason University, USA

    Tami Carsillo

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Atef, A., Mahdi, M. (2017). A Teacher and Students’ Transformation at a Time of War. In: Baily, S., Shahrokhi, F., Carsillo, T. (eds) Experiments in Agency. New Research – New Voices. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-944-7_5

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