Charitonos, Koula; Khalil, Betul; Ross, Tara W; Bonfini-Hotlosz, Cindy; Webster, Ben; Aristorenas, Miki; (2023) 'We have dealt with this situation randomly': A peer ethnographic approach with teachers in refugee settings in the age of COVID-19. Education and Conflict Review , 4 pp. 97-104.

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This study examines the challenges faced by English language teachers working in non-formal tertiary education programs in Jordan’s refugee settings. It focuses specifically on their experiences as they transferred their teaching online during the COVID-19 pandemic. It draws from a post-digital theoretical perspective in which the digital, physical, and social are all interconnected within complex educational ecologies. Working closely with five teachers as peer researchers between April and July 2021, the study utilises the peer ethnographic evaluation research methodology. This paper draws from interview data generated during the study and uses four vignettes to synthesise key findings. The vignettes illustrate the amplified disadvantage experienced by teachers in refugee settings during the pandemic due to pre-existing disparities and emerging digital inequalities. The paper directs attention to human-technology relationships and the ways in which digital technologies are embedded in socio-technical networks, and generate, and potentially worsen, various disadvantages.

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