SUBJECT

Title

Educational Disadvantages and Discrimination of the Romany Students at School

Type of instruction

practical

Level

master

Part of degree program
Credits

5

Recommended in

Semesters 3-4

Typically offered in

Autumn/Spring semester

Course description

The course offers an introducation to modern policy of education. Based on recapitulation of former knowledge of the field it discusses the impact of cultural and subcultural variation of students’ family background ont he relations to school, on the attitude of school staff to students and their families. It extends to results of different educational policies in diminishing inequalities concerning education as well as to the efficiency of social actors in influencing educational policy decisions. It also gives an overview of experiences in scolarisation of Roma children in Europe and in Hungary, and the relationship between european conceptions concerning education in general and education of minorities in particular.

Readings

  • Acton Thomas, Gypsy Politics and Social Change, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1974.
  • Babusik, Ferenc, Survey of Elementary Schools Educating Romani Children, Delphoi Consulting, Budapest, 2000.
  • Cohen Emil, The Roads before Roma Education: Thoughts after a Public Debate, Roma Rights, Number 2 and 3, 2002, pp. 51-52.
  • Equal Access to Quality Education for Roma, Vol. 1. Monitoring Reports on Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and Serbia. OSI: April 2007
  • Ilona Liskó: Gipsy students in secondary schools. Institute for Higher Education Research, Budapest, 2005. Research Papers 269.
  • Kertesi Gábor, Roma children in schools, Roma adults on the labour market. Budapest: 1st edition of the Közgazdasági Szemle, 1995.
  • Radó Péter, Report about the education of Romani students living in Hungary. unpublished paper, 1997.
  • Rado, Peter, Roma Education Policies in Hungary, in Mc Donald, Ch., Kovacs, J. and Fenyes Cs., The Roma Education Resource Book, Budapest: Institute for Educational Policy, 2001, pp. 43-61.
  • Szekelyi Maria, Csepeli Gyorgy and Orkeny Antal, Ambitious education: the role of family, school and friends in the development of successful Romany life courses, in Romani Studies, Jun2003, Vol.13 Issue 1, p53, 20p.