Margaret Sinclair summarizes, in a very clear fashion, current thinking on the planning and management of education in energency situations. Building on concrete experience in a number of countries, she addresses in a very practical manner the question of how to go about introducing, providing and managing education in emergencies. She outlines the process of moving from an emergency situation to re-establishing a functional education system, while examining the role of education in preventing or contributing to dealing with conflict situations. The booklet considers the content and processes of education that serve as forces for social justice, respect, acceptance of diversity, conflict resolution, and those aspects of education that can inadvertently contribute to prejudice, stereotyping, misunderstanding and conflict. She also convincingly argues the importance of adopting a developmental perspective from the very first stages of working in the area of education in emergencies.
