2010

• Authors: Ginta Gedžūne , Inga Gedžūne
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study explores pre-service teachers' views on the features and causes of social exclusion in the context of educational unsustainability. The data from expert questionnaires, assessment of research participants' personal experience with social exclusion in educational setting, their current understanding of the problem and individual suggestions for solving it were analysed qualitatively. The results indicate that, in teachers' opinion, social exclusion in education can be caused by subjective and objective factors – pupils' personal characteristics, school climate, parental influence and social causes. The research participants particularly emphasise teacher's role in reducing pupils' social exclusion by adhering to values, such as fairness, equality, empathy, cooperation and respect. The research results highlight the need for addressing the issue of social exclusion in teacher education programmes by raising future teachers' awareness of the problem and their responsibility to overcome it.

Keywords

EN

social exclusion; educational unsustainability; pre-service teachers; teacher education

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 85-99

Dates

published

2010-01-01

online

2010-06-07

Contributors

author

Ginta Gedžūne

• Daugavpils University, Latvia

author

Inga Gedžūne

• Daugavpils University, Latvia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10099-009-0049-7