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'What Kind of School Is Fair for Immigrant Children: Teachers' Views' (a summary of a lecture) |
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Mojca Pecek |
This article is based on the survey 'Teachers on different groups of children in primary school' conducted on a representative sample of primary school teachers in Slovenia: among other things, it also focused on teachers' perception and attitude towards children of immigrants from former Yugoslavia. The research shows that teachers see immigrant children as totally different from other, 'regular' children, both in terms of their abilities and learning habits, as well as in terms of behaviour, self-image and social skills. It also shows that immigrant children achieve significantly lower grades than other children, yet teachers maintain they should receive the same treatment as everyone else. The differences recognised at various levels do not lead teachers to believe that different students should be treated differently. The underlying concept of the education system in Slovenia itself is unclear on the question what kind of school is fair from the immigrants' point of view: the school where everything is equal for everyone, or the school with a more individual and differentiating approach. It is thus necessary to ask what kind of school is fair for immigrants – the one that offers different things to different children or the one that offers the same to everyone.
The paper was presented at 3th annual MIR conference in Ljubljana on April 15th, 2005. |
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