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Social dynamics and interethnic relations in educational settings
Vorlíček, Radek ; Samek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Bittnerová, Dana (referee) ; Synková, Hana (referee)
Radek Vorlíček ABSTRACT The dissertation explores the dynamics of social marginality and dominance in educational settings. It explores social distance dynamics among pupils in elementary school, and its impact on their position in social hierarchy. I focus on social interaction in a group of children, and record the context in which the inclusion or exclusion of non-dominant identities take place. Special attention is paid to the role of schools in the process of boundary constructions. Larger framework of the research is integration, segregation and assimilation tendencies of school systems. The dissertation is based upon long-term qualitative inductive and ethnographic fieldwork. The central method of my fieldwork is observation. To some extent, the research was conducted in the framework of goffmanian interactionism. The data for this study have been collected over a period of ten months in twelve elementary schools located in various regions of the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic. The dissertation is structured in four parts: (1) Introduction, referring to the aim and structure of the dissertation; (2) Methodology, presenting the research process, strategies and methods as well as data analysis, theoretical and methodological discussions, reflexivity and ethical aspects; (3) Elementary schools in...
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Vlivy působící na výběr střední školy u romských žáků
Horká, Terezie
The bachelor thesis deals with factors affecting the choice of a high school for Romani pupils. The theoretical part defines the Romani nationality, characteristics of the Romani culture and a Romani pupil. Furthermore it describes the choice of a high school and relevant defined terms as choice of occupation and choice of further educational carrier. The given problematics includes results of several surveys made in the past. Factors affecting the pupil while choosing a high school and a given field of study follow from these surveys. The main aim of the theoretical part is to show the factors, which affect the pupil of the primary school while choosing the high school and in which way. Methods used to draw up the theoretical part are: study of special literal sources, pedagogic journals, creation of excerpts and their analysis, comparison any synthesis. The main aim of the practical part is to map factors affecting on the Romani pupils of primary schools while choosing the further educational carrier and in which way. Semi-structured interview with five informants is a method applied to draw up the practical part. Purposive sampling on typical cases is used. Informants are pupils of the ninth class of the primary schools, which take part in the project Tutoring in the Museum of Romani Culture. Data from interviews are evaluated by means of the open coding.
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Gypsy children in the first grade in primary scholl
Miclíková, Petra ; Koťátková, Soňa (advisor) ; Kargerová, Jana (referee)
Annotation: My master's thesis deals with the gypsy children in schools. The main goal of the thesis was to find out success rate of gypsy pupils in finishing elementary schools and special classes by the elementary school, and to find out how teachers work with gypsy children and what the experience of teachers in working with gypsy kids are. The next part of my research focuses on gypsy pupils in the fifth grade and how they see their future and their prospects. In the end of my research focused on educational counseling I investigated how the educational counselor and teacher can influence education of a gypsy pupil in the school. The whole thesis is divided into four chapters. First three chapters are focused on theory. The first chapter is focused on the history and culture of Gypsies, their origin, traditional family relations and customs, music, language and their relation to the major society. The second chapter describes the younger school age, its maturity, physical, emotional and language development. It also deals with the development of cognitive processes, socialization and failing in school. The third chapter deals with the education of gypsy children, their integration into primary schools and with issues related to school. The fourth part is a research part. It provides information on the...
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The socio-pedagogical work with minorities
Matuštíková, Hana ; Poláčková, Věra (advisor) ; Janebová, Eva (referee)
This Diploma Thesis deals with the issues of social and pedagogical work with the minorities. The opening chapters aim to determine the basic theoretical terms and they introduce basic information about some selected national minorities. The core of the practical part of this work describes the processes and specific activities, which can help in integrating pupils, who belong to ethnic minorities, into the educational system. The closing chapters of this Diploma Thesis include an empirical survey, focused on professional orientation and vocational selection among the Roma pupils at the basic school in Obrnice. Attention is drawn to the family influence and the role of school and other institutions operating in this field.
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Support for Romany Secondary School Students
BŘEČKOVÁ, Gabriela
The theoretical part of this thesis is dealing with the differences in education in Romany families as compared to majority families, the education of the Romany minority, educational opportunities of Romany students and inequalities in the transition to high schools as compared with the majority population. Additionally, it describes the reasons for early drop out of Romany students from secondary schools and the concept of the Support is defined, as well as its changes that had taken place over the years till June 2011. The objective of this thesis is to identify the effectiveness of the Support of socially disadvantaged Romany secondary school students and college students. To obtain the necessary data, the method of qualitative research was chosen, the technique of semi-structured interview supplemented by secondary data analysis. The research group consisted of eight representatives of secondary schools in the South Bohemian Region County who asked for the Support in the past. The research results show that all Romany students apply for the Support at the outset of their studies, most of them repeatedly and separately for each period. If a Romany student meets the conditions for granting the Support, he/she must meet the conditions for the payment of the Support. The subsidy granted is paid retroactively in December, for the period from September to December, and in June, for the period from January to June. The unused finance is returned to the Ministry of Education. At the same time, the research suggests that completing the application form for the Support is not easy. The number of Romany students who applied for the Support from January 2005 to June 2011 shows a downward trend. The reasons for not using the Support included, in more than half of Romany children, an incorrect estimate of education costs and also a failure to submit the relevant documents for the retroactive payments; in 21 % of the cases the Support was not used due to drop out of the student, and the rest was due to unexcused absence. It is expected that this thesis could serve as an information source for the general public because the Support, also called positive discrimination, is a powerful motivational tool for socially disadvantaged Romany students for whom it is not easy to continue with their secondary education. At the same time, this thesis could become a source of research for other regions too.
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