Farewell

(Peaceful instrumental music)

<v ->In a world increasingly shaped</v> by polarised politics and societal uncertainty, schools are important spaces to explore issues such as migration. In the face of pervasive, negative media narratives around migration, there is a wealth of research and data that tell real meaningful stories of migration and migration journeys. We hope that this course has helped you to find ways that you can unpack the complexities of migration in the classroom, and that you will feel confident enough to use some of these ideas. We want to provide you and your students with the tools to engage with these stories. It will encourage critical thinking about the world around us, and help us to develop empathy.

I absolutely love using these resources in my classroom. The large data set that we’ve showed you is really quite unique in how rich and interesting it is, and how fascinated the students are by it. It’s a data set that our students really engage in. I’ve really enjoyed teaching students about migration through data and through storytelling. It develops their critical thinking skills and their empathy. And giving them this data literacy is such an important thing to do in today’s world. (peaceful instrumental music)