Abstract
In recent years, the majority of school classes can be described as multicultural, as more and more students from different nations and countries, with different languages, religions, and cultures, attend them. This intense mixing in school events requires the adoption of new educational practices and a diversified learning approach that responds to all children regardless of their social, economic, or cultural background. Roma children, who have been attending Greek schools for years, are part of this integration. Most countries are culturally and linguistically diverse, yet the school environment remains monolingual and monocultural. The absence of an individualized curriculum renders a school inhospitable, while the prevailing monoculturalism fosters the risk of racism. We explore how schools that fail to acknowledge that these children speak a language different from the dominant one of the education systems, combined with the aforementioned factors, inevitably leads Roma children to educational exclusion and school dropout.
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Education and Learning Worlds of Differences
KEYWORDS
New Learning, Differentiated Teaching, Intercultural Education, Roma Children
