Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.5559/di.21.2.14
The Educational Integration Process of the Roma in Serbia
Vesna SRDIĆ
; Preschool Teacher Training College, Kruševac
Stanko CVJETIĆANIN
; Faculty of Education, Sombor
Abstract
One of the key goals of the existing strategic initiatives for
incorporating the issue of education of Roma children into
the mainstream of the general social reforms is to implement
the universal right of all children to high quality education
and to enable an egalitarian approach to education for
children in especially difficult circumstances. The various
studies and projects aimed at the implementation of the
models of good practice into the education of Roma children
warn us that these children are often excluded from the
mainstream of education or are subject to only low quality
education, which increases the risk of educational exclusion.
The purpose of this working paper is to point out the
systemic shortfalls in the field of the macro system’s
functioning at the educational level as well as the more
comprehensive possibilities for achieving a more complete
educational integration of Roma children in Serbia. The
pedagogical implications are based on the secondary
analysis of the data about the existing strategic initiatives and
the results of the research conducted in Serbia. The
conclusion of the working paper implies the fact that there
are two requirements that need to be fulfilled by applying
timely educational interventions either of compensatory or
inclusive type, as one of the means of a more complete
educational integration of Roma children and parents into
society through education: vertical transference of experience
and horizontal networking of social partners.
Keywords
educational integration; contemporary educational intervention; inclusive approach to education; Roma children
Hrčak ID:
84551
URI
Publication date:
1.4.2012.
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