ERIC Number: EJ952928
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1467-5986
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Intercultural Policies and the Contradictory Views of Teachers: The Roma in Catalonian Schools
Beremenyi, Balint-Abel
Intercultural Education, v22 n5 p355-369 2011
In this article, we examine the contradictions and lack of consistency between various levels of discourse relating to Roma educational policies. Policy-makers have claimed that political interventions would positively impact the progress of Roma. However, the results have been mixed. We argue here that teachers need to re-evaluate their roles as politically aware and culturally informed agents in order to guarantee social justice to a historically disadvantaged ethnic minority. Based on ethnographical fieldwork carried out over a two-year period with Spanish Roma children, both in schools and in their families, this study shows how intercultural policies have failed to impact the educational realities of Roma children. (Contains 2 notes.)
Descriptors: Social Justice, Teacher Attitudes, Intercultural Programs, Multicultural Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged, Teacher Role, Ethnography, Policy Analysis, Program Effectiveness, Political Attitudes, Politics of Education, Cultural Awareness, Position Papers, Acculturation, Minority Groups
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain (Barcelona)
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