Examines the field of international traveler and nomadic education research and argues for the need to extend the boundaries of this "field" significantly. Research on the education of travelers and nomads is mobile and fluid, but the approach used in this collection, the mapping and celebration of international diversity, is needed to…

Traces the development of education in Nigeria for two migrant groups, nomadic pastoralists and migrant fishermen, and describes the current state of research on nomadic education in Nigeria. Suggests some concepts and research strategies that would engender greater understanding of nomadic education and promote international cooperation. (SLD)

Studied how circus personnel of all ages interact in Australian circuses to preserve traditional circus lifestyles and entertainment. Interviews with 30 personnel from 4 circuses show the importance of learning to be a member of a cooperative society through immersion. Results provide information about the education of a community of occupational…

Uses semi-structured interviews with Australian show people, children and adults, and their home tutors and teachers to show how the Traveller people's dissatisfaction with the learning opportunities available in the past has fueled their determination to have a separate school for show children. (SLD)

Explored educational practices in Australian circuses between 1847 and 1930 through interviews with several elderly circus people. The route by which the child entered the circus environment more or less defined the quality of education he or she could expect to receive. "Apprenticed" and "adopted" children generally received…

Describes the provision of early childhood education for the toddler children of Dutch itinerant "bargees," children who live with their parents on ships until they enter boarding schools for the school week at about age 7. Education for these young children is a microcosm of continuing changes to the educational system and the…

Discusses a pilot scheme for literacy education for the Rabaris of Gujarat State, India to suggest possible ways to meet the critical literacy needs of Indian nomadic pastoralists. Reviews tensions between the Rabaris' desire to "learn to talk" though sedentary education and the peripatetic teaching program. (SLD)

Studied the education of Showground families in Scotland, a group of traveling show and fairground entertainers who tend to settle in one place for the winter, putting their children in the local schools. Data from many sources about the approximately 400 families in this group show weaknesses in the actions developed to address the…

Used participant observation, formal interviews, and policy documents to study the relationships between Fairground and Gypsy Traveler parents and the children's teachers in England. Teachers in the schools, which children attended only in the winter, were quite important to traveling families. Case study results suggest that power-sharing…