TITLE:
Critical Report: A Systematic Review on the Status of Special Education for Refugee Children with Learning Difficulties in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
AUTHORS:
Noor Abusneneh
KEYWORDS:
Refugees, Special Education Children, Learning Difficulties, Jordan
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.12 No.11,
November
29,
2024
ABSTRACT: The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is a recently established kingdom that relies on financial aid from European and Gulf countries. Half of its population is youth (around 42.2% of six million) under the age of 14, and 31% are between 15 and 29 years old. Jordan confronts numerous challenges stemming from its deficient economy, limited resources, and socio-cultural barriers, which significantly affect its special education system. Furthermore, Jordan’s geographical location in the midst of neighboring conflicts has significantly impacted its demographics, as it has welcomed a significant number of refugees, including Palestinians in 1948, Iraqis between 1990 and 2008, and Syrians in 2011. This has limited research on special education for refugees, focusing on the unique needs and challenges these children face. This paper presents a systematic review of the current state of special education for refugee children, highlighting the urgent need for more thorough research to address these gaps and facilitate improvements in educational practices for refugees and other at-risk students. Studies on food security, foreign policy, and health services are prevalent, but the specific topic of special education remains under-represented, underscoring the need for further research on how to better support refugee children with learning difficulties in their education, emphasising the need for more research on how refugee children with difficulties can be better supported in their education.