„They Respect Me as a Person Who Can Help“ Roma Teaching Assistants in the Czech Republic
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<a href="https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-25584-7_23" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-25584-7_23</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25584-7_23" target="_blank" >10.1007/978-3-031-25584-7_23</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
„They Respect Me as a Person Who Can Help“ Roma Teaching Assistants in the Czech Republic
Original language description
In the Czech Republic, where Roma represent the largest ethnic minority, Roma teaching assistants have been an irreplaceable form of support for the education of socially disadvantaged students for more than two decades. This chapter draws on experience from various research projects that took place from 2012 to 2019, and focuses on the benefts of the work of Roma teaching assistants in the education of socially disadvantaged Roma students; data were obtained through semi-structured interviews and subjected to a thematic analysis, using basic elements of grounded theory. According to research, the main responsibilities of Roma assistants include assisting teachers in the education of socially disadvantaged Roma students during lessons, tutoring Roma students, providing psychosocial support for these students, organising leisure activities for these students, and supporting communication between the school and the Roma students' families. Having a deep knowledge of Roma students, their needs and cultural specifcs, Roma assistants can also represent an important information resource for teachers; the ethnicity of Roma assistants can also be benefcial in overcoming language barriers - if boththe Roma assistant and the students or their parents speak Romani, the assistant can translate and interpret for teachers and other school staff. At a general level, cooperation of Roma assistants and non-Roma teachers can serve as a model for relations between Roma and non-Roma students and thus remove prejudices and barriers in society.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50302 - Education, special (to gifted persons, those with learning disabilities)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Book/collection name
To Be a Minority Teacher in a Foreign Culture. Empirical Evidence from an International Perspective.
ISBN
978-3-031-25583-0
Number of pages of the result
15
Pages from-to
365-379
Number of pages of the book
498
Publisher name
Springer Switzerland AG
Place of publication
Basel (Basilej)
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