This episode of Behind the Pages highlights teacher preparedness for remote learning and wellbeing amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Rwanda and Honduras through our conversation with Artemio Cortez Ochoa and Gustavo Páyan-Luna. Emma Carter, Artemio Cortez Ochoa, Philip Leonard, Samuel Nzaramba, and Pauline Rose are the authors of the research article “School Leaders’ and Teachers’ Preparedness to Support Education in Rwanda during the COVID-19 Emergency,” and Craig Davis and Gustavo Páyan-Luna are t...
Apr 03, 2023•25 min•Season 10Ep. 5
On this episode of Behind the Pages, Su Lyn Corcoran and Jean-Benoît Falisse join us to discuss takeaways from their research for education policy, including insights on teachers’ pay and working conditions, programming to support students with disabilities, and remote learning during COVID-19 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Syria. Su Lyn Corcoran, Helen Pinnock, and Rachel Twigg are the authors of the research article “Home Learning for Children in Low-Income Contexts during a Pande...
Apr 03, 2023•33 min•Season 10Ep. 2
On this episode of Behind the Pages, Carmen Sherry Brown and Michèle Boujikian join the podcast to discuss their experiences with rapidly implementing innovative distance learning solutions in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 in the United States and Lebanon, including the rollout of a WhatsApp-based program and a remote virtual tutoring program. Carmen Sherry Brown is the author of the field note “Remote Family Engagement through Virtual Tutoring: An Emergency Response to Support Children, ...
Apr 03, 2023•32 min•Season 10Ep. 6
On this episode of Behind the Pages, Kathlyn E. Elliot maps themes from the literature on education during Ebola, SARS, MERS, HIV/AIDS, and COVID-19 to the INEE Minimum Standards Framework to assess priority areas for delivering education during health crises. Kathlyn E. Elliott, Katie A. Mathew, Yiyun Fan, and David Mattson are the authors of the research article, “Educating during a Health Emergency: An Integrative Review of the Literature from 1990 to 2020,” which was published in JEiE Vol. 8...
Apr 03, 2023•24 min•Season 10Ep. 1
On this episode of Behind the Pages, we speak with Anne Corwith about the factors that contribute to young mothers’ and pregnant adolescent girls’ resilience and motivation to return to school in Maiwut Town, South Sudan, including their aspiration for financial freedom and having women role models. Anne Corwith and Fatimah Ali are the authors of the research article, “The 2020 Pandemic in South Sudan: An Exploration of Teenage Mothers’ and Pregnant Adolescent Girls’ Resilience and Educational C...
Apr 03, 2023•20 min•Season 10Ep. 4
On this episode of Behind the Pages, we speak with Hannah Hoechner and Sadisu Idris Salisu about how the Nigerian state rationalized forced closures of Qur’anic schools and student deportations by casting Qur’anic education as both a security threat and a public health concern. Hannah Hoechner and Sadisu Idris Salisu are the authors of the research article, “Scapegoating the Usual Suspects? Pandemic Control and the Securitization of Qur’anic Education in Northern Nigeria,” which was published in...
Apr 03, 2023•31 min•Season 10Ep. 3
On this episode of Behind the Pages, Leena Zahir shares insights on project-based learning as a useful pedagogical approach for learners in EiE contexts and discusses the development and rollout of one such initiative, the Internet Free Education Resource Bank (IFERB), which broadens the learning opportunities available among digitally marginalized students. The IFERB is available from the Education Above All website at: https://resources.educationaboveall.org/ . Leena Zahir and Janhvi Maheshwar...
Apr 03, 2023•22 min•Season 10Ep. 7
The INEE-NYU Journal on Education in Emergencies (JEiE) presents an exciting new installment of its podcast, Behind the Pages. This season features conversations with authors from our Special Issue on Education in Pandemics. We discuss the effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on students, parents, and teachers in South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Nigeria, and Syria, and the lessons for preparing for future disruptions to schooling from fieldwork in Honduras, Lebanon, th...
Mar 22, 2023•4 min
On this episode of Behind the Pages, we speak with Shelby Carvalho about the factors that affect refugee girls’ access to secondary school based on a novel community-level comparison between refugee girls and boys, with comparison as well to girls living in nearby host communities. Shelby Carvalho is the author of the research article, “Refugee Girls’ Secondary Education in Ethiopia: Examining the Vulnerabilities of Refugees and Host Communities in Low-Resource Displacement Settings,” which was ...
Jan 04, 2023•27 min•Season 9Ep. 4
On this episode of Behind the Pages, we speak with Nicole Dulieu about the importance of supporting displaced children by providing adequate resources to enable equitable access to learning for both girls and boys, and cross-sectoral programming to support displaced children who are dealing with emotional pressure. Nicole Dulieu, Silvia Arlini, Mya Gordon, and Allyson Krupar are co-authors of the research article, “Girls’ and Boys’ Voices on the Gendered Experience of Learning during COVID-19 in...
Jan 04, 2023•28 min•Season 9Ep. 3
On this episode of Behind the Pages , Kathy Bickmore and Najme Kishani Farahani reveal that while gender-based violence is a frequent concern among both students and teachers in Bangladesh, Canada, and Mexico, school curricula and classroom practices don’t adequately address gender violence or create spaces for students to contribute to sustainable peace in their communities more broadly. Kathy Bickmore and Najme Kishani Farahani are co-authors of the research article, “Peacebuilding Education t...
Jan 04, 2023•29 min•Season 9Ep. 1
On this episode of Behind the Pages , Nicola Jones and Abdul Badi Sayibu join us to discuss their respective articles on the multidimensional gendered experiences of learning during COVID-related school closures. Nicola Jones, Kate Pincock, Silvia Guglielmi, Sarah Baird, Ingrid Sánchez Tapia, Erin Oakley, and Jennifer Seager are co-authors of the research article “Barriers to Refugee Adolescents’ Educational Access during COVID-19: Exploring the Roles of Gender, Displacement, and Social Inequali...
Jan 04, 2023•25 min•Season 9Ep. 2
On this episode of Behind the Pages, we talk to Flora Cohen about the lived experiences of adolescent boys and girls from Iraq who have resettled in Texas and Virginia, the importance of addressing harmful gender and racial and ethnic stereotyping, and the development of inclusive programming that addresses patterns of discrimination and promotes gender equality. Flora Cohen, Sarah R. Meyer, Ilana Seff, Cyril Bennouna, Carine Allaf, and Lindsay Stark are co-authors of the research article, “Inte...
Jan 04, 2023•24 min•Season 9Ep. 5
The Journal on Education in Emergencies (JEiE) presents an exciting new installment of its podcast, Behind the Pages . This season features conversations with authors from our Special Issue on Gender in Education in Emergencies. We discuss the gendered dimensions of education in conflict and crisis-affected contexts, and the different ways emergencies impact girls’ and boys’ educational experiences and attainment. Don't miss new insights and fascinating stories from the field of education in eme...
Jan 03, 2023•3 min
On this episode of Behind the Pages, we speak with Raija-Leena Punamäki and Lina María González Ballesteros about interventions aimed at providing psychosocial resources to young people and building the capacity of caregivers and community members to provide protective nurturing care for students affected by conflict. Raija-Leena Punamäki, Kirsi Peltonen, Marwan Diab, and Samir R. Qouta are coauthors of the research article, "How Family Relationships Predict the Effectiveness of a Psychosocial G...
Oct 24, 2022•35 min•Season 8Ep. 5
On this episode of Behind the Pages, Gloria A. Pedersen describes GroupACT, an observational tool for assessing mental health session facilitators’ capacity to provide effective and safe group sessions in humanitarian and low-resource settings. Gloria A. Pedersen, Manaswi Sangraula, Pragya Shrestha, Pooja Lakshmin, Alison Schafer, Renasha Ghimire, Nagendra P. Luitel, Mark J. D. Jordans, and Brandon A. Kohrt are authors of the field note, "Developing the Group Facilitation Assessment of Competenc...
Oct 24, 2022•24 min•Season 8Ep. 2
On this episode of Behind the Pages, Shanna Kohn reflects on the formative research and collaborative consultations that led to Sesame Workshop’s Ahlan Simsim production and the program's associated direct support services. She highlights the need to take a participatory, trauma-informed approach to creating SEL educational media for children affected by crisis and conflict. Shanna Kohn, Kim Foulds, Charlotte Cole, Mackenzie Matthews, and Laila Hussein are the authors of the field note, "Using a...
Oct 24, 2022•24 min•Season 8Ep. 6
On this episode of Behind the Pages, we ask Moses Olayemi and Fernanda Soares how they define mental health and wellbeing among teachers in El Salvador and children in South Sudan and learn how their research seeks to rigorously measure these and other psychosocial support concepts. Moses Olayemi, Melissa Tucker, Mamour Choul, Tom Purekal, Arlene Benitez, Wendy Wheaton, and Jennifer DeBoer are the authors of the research article, "Creating a Tool to Measure Children’s Wellbeing: A PSS Interventi...
Oct 24, 2022•39 min•Season 8Ep. 5
On this episode of Behind the Pages, we speak with Nikhit D'Sa and Ha Yeon Kim about their work to create, validate, and deploy ISELA (D'Sa et al.) and TOOLSEL (Kim et al.), instruments which assess the social and emotional learning skills among Syrian refugee children in two contexts. Nikhit D’Sa and Allyson Krupar are authors of the research article, "Developing and Validating the International Social and Emotional Learning Assessment: Evidence from a Pilot Test with Syrian Refugee Children in...
Oct 24, 2022•46 min•Season 8Ep. 3
On this episode of Behind the Pages, Sergiy Bogdanov highlights factors such as family support, optimism, persistence, health, and social networking that he and his coauthors found support resilience among youth in Eastern Ukraine who have experienced the adverse effects of armed conflict. Sergiy Bogdanov, Andriy Girnyk, Vira Chernobrovkina, Volodymyr Chernobrovkin, Alexander Vinogradov, Kateryna Harbar, Yuliya Kovalevskaya, Oksana Basenko, Irina Ivanyuk, Kimberly Hook, and Mike Wessells are aut...
Oct 24, 2022•27 min•Season 8Ep. 1
The Journal on Education in Emergencies (JEiE) presents an exciting new installment of its podcast, Behind the Pages. This season, we speak with authors from our Special Issue on Psychosocial Support and Social and Emotional Learning in Emergencies about the many ways mental health, community and caregiver support, and education are linked. Authors from the issue reflect on their experiences working alongside conflict-affected populations as they developed new, contextually appropriate tools to ...
Oct 24, 2022•3 min
On this episode of Behind the Pages, Jonathan Seiden unpacks the cascading effects adverse experiences, such as living through an environmental disaster, can have on young and offers lessons from implementing early childhood development (ECD) programming through community health volunteers and ECD centers. In their research article, “Effects of Two Early Childhood Interventions on the Developmental Outcomes of Children in Post-Earthquake Nepal,” Seiden and his co-authors Valeria Kunz, Sara Dang,...
Apr 26, 2022•24 min•Season 7Ep. 7
On this episode of Behind the Pages, Julie Drolet highlights how inadequate attention and funding for ECD infrastructure and resources posed compounding challenges for parents, caregivers, and ECD service providers as they attempted to re-enter Fort McMurray, Alberta, and begin rebuilding their lives and community after one of Canada’s most devastating wildfires. In their research article, “Early Childhood Development in the Aftermath of the 2016 Wildfires in Alberta, Canada,” Drolet and her co-...
Apr 26, 2022•27 min•Season 7Ep. 6
On this episode of Behind the Pages, Katelin Swing Wilton and Ayat Al Aqra discuss how International Rescue Committee drew from local caregivers’ feedback and priorities, leveraged technology like WhatsApp, and coordinated ECD service delivery with child protection and community health messaging to innovate on the Jamaican Home Visiting Program for the Middle East context. In their field note, “Home Visiting in the Middle East: Reflections on the Implementation of Reach Up and Learn,” Swing Wilt...
Apr 26, 2022•27 min•Season 7Ep. 5
On this episode of Behind the Pages, Fabiola Lara reveals how Save the Children created a platform to empower men in three communities affected by gang violence in El Salvador to be more involved in the critical early years of their children or grandchildren’s lives. In her field note, “Building Resilience and Mitigating the Impact of Toxic Stress in Young Children: A Model for Transforming Parenting and Male Caregiving in El Salvador,” Lara argues that ECD programming attuned to the wellbeing o...
Apr 26, 2022•28 min•Season 7Ep. 4
On this episode of Behind the Pages, Samier Mansur reflects on the experiences that motivated him to create a capacity-building video training platform for frontline aid workers, ECD professionals, educators, and caregivers working to support young children in Cox’s Bazaar. In his field note, “Accessible Strategies to Support Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing in Emergencies: Experience from the Rohingya Refugee Camp,” Mansur outlines successes and challenges from the pilot of the No Limit G...
Apr 26, 2022•29 min•Season 7Ep. 3
On this episode of Behind the Pages, Jahanara Ahmad and Sarwat Sarah Sarwar articulate how child-friendly spaces that reflect Rohingya design motifs and architecture and early learning curricula that integrate familiar Rohingya games and traditional songs and chants can provide a sense of safety and normalcy that supports psychosocial wellbeing. In their field note, “BRAC Humanitarian Play Lab Model: Promoting Healing, Learning and Development for Displaced Rohingya Children,” Erum Mariam, Jahan...
Apr 26, 2022•29 min•Season 7Ep. 2
On this episode of Behind the Pages, Kim Foulds reveals how being with Rohingya parents in Cox’s Bazaar and talking with them about their perspectives on the value of play, their own childhood games, and what they wanted to see in educational media for their children was a formative experience for the Sesame Workshop team working to develop new programming for Rohingya refugees. In their field note, “Implementing a Humanitarian Needs Assessment Framework for Early Childhood Development: Informin...
Apr 26, 2022•31 min•Season 7Ep. 1
In this episode, Claudia Rodriguez discusses the economic and social conditions in Colombia’s coca-growing regions and the role of children in the cultivation of coca. In her research article, “The Effects of Aerial Spraying of Coca Crops on Child Labor, School Attendance, and Educational Lag in Colombia, 2008-2012,” Rodriguez explores the dynamics of a coca eradication policy on educational attainment. Behind the Pages, the podcast of the Journal on Education in Emergencies (JEiE), features exc...
Apr 20, 2021•25 min•Season 6Ep. 6
In this episode, Theo Di Castri and Geras reflect on the inaugural year of Catalyst, an innovative drug education program that engages youth at the front lines of the war on drugs in transformative and sustainable grassroots action. In his field note, “Catalyst: Expanding Harm-Reduction Education and Youth Participation in the Context of the War on Drugs,” Di Castri explores how Catalyst’s approach to drug education generates a wider discussion of the sociopolitical harm wrought by the war on dr...
Apr 20, 2021•28 min•Season 6Ep. 5
