Vzdělávání dětí cizinců na pražských základních školách

• Authors: Kateřina Vojtíšková

Title variants

EN

Educating Immigrant Children in Primary Schools in Prague

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The article examines the Czech educational praxis toward integration of immigrant children. Although the number of immigrant children increased during past several years, Czech national educational policy still lacks specific measures which would systematically promote inclusive education and integration of immigrant children. The article aims to describe the experience of schools with integration of immigrant children at schools, and to identify the most important barriers that prevent full participation of immigrant children according to accounts of interviewees. Based on 21 in-depth interviews with representatives of school staff in 11 Prague public-sector základní škola (ISCED 1+2) with higher share of immigrant children (5-20 %), the paper provides insight into diverse into the ways how schools deal with immigrant children, families ́ acculturation strategies and inclusive educational policy. The article concludes with a discussion of “immigrant paradox”, highly achieving minorities (particularly Vietnamese students).

Keywords

EN

inclusive education; qualitative research; acculturation strategies; integration; the immigrant paradox; the Czech Republic

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY
• OTHER_SOCIAL_SCIENCES: OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Naše společnost (Our Society)
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 10-19

Contributors

author

Kateřina Vojtíšková

• CVVM, SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., Jilská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic