Child of Many Worlds: Focus on the Problem of Ethnic Minorities

Table Of Contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• About the author
• About the book
• This eBook can be cited
• Contents
• Introduction
• Part I – Wellbeing and the Socio-Cultural Adaptation of Children to their Environment
• The Wellbeing of Children: Its Source and How It is Affected by a Sense of Exclusion and Acculturation
• The sense of a child’s wellbeing as an indicator of social adaptation
• Indices of wellbeing
• Causes of wellbeing and their correlates
• The sense of wellbeing of a child in relation to his or her functioning at school and among peers
• Tolerance versus acceptance and adaptation
• References
• The Problem of Minorities as a Subject of Intercultural Psychology
• Encounters of various sociocultural groups in the European space
• National minorities in the Czech Republic
• A brief historical excursion
• National minorities in the Czech Republic and the population of the Czech Republic claiming adherence to them
• Cultural and national identity
• The casuistry of the student Nam
• What are the possible solutions for the integration of national minorities into the majority society?
• The psychological nature of prejudice. Influence of prejudice on the quality of life of the Roma
• The psychological nature of prejudice
• The origin and evolution of prejudice
• The casuistry of Daniela
• Upbringing and education as a mediator of culture and a tool for developing intercultural competences
• Intercultural education as a path towards positive acceptance of diversity. Developing intercultural competences
• Psychological particularities of intercultural communication
• Two styles of communication can be differentiated
• Creating stances and the development of value orientation as a basis for intercultural education
• The Processional Concept of Upbringing and Education
• The psychological particularities of upbringing (represented to a varying extent in various cultures) are determined mostly by these principles (in: Věra Kosiková , 2011)
• The principle of respecting the pupil as a subject of upbringing
• The principle of the global approach to upbringing
• The principle of uniqueness, authenticity
• The principle of empathic understanding and being acquainted with one’s own emotions
• The Processional Concept of Upbringing and Education as a basis for developing intercultural competences based on the evolution of one’s own experience
• References
• The Discourse of Social Exclusion and its Benefits for the Majority
• Stereotype, prejudice, discrimination, exclusion
• Faith in a fair world and prejudice
• Research
• The influence of the discourse of exclusion on the excluded Roma
• The discourse of exclusion among the majority workers
• The detective mirror
• Overcoming stereotypes – the first step towards terminating exclusion
• References
• National Minorities with a Focus on the Roma Problem and its Historical and Social-Psychological Aspects
• The term “National Minority”
• The terms “Gypsy” – “Roma”
• The past of the Roma, historical experience
• The situation of the Roma in the Czech Republic from the last century to today
• Roma identity and new solutions of the so-called “Roma Question”
• References
• The Roma Population of Small Towns
• Introduction
• Method and sample
• Ethnic affiliation of the heads of the households
• The composition of households and characteristics of the heads of households
• Their composition and some indicators of the households
• The furnishings and the income situation of the households
• Income and the income situation of the households
• Problems and help; support systems
• Health status
• Summary
• References
• Town details – online sources
• Crime and its Victims amongst Members of Different Nationalities
• Looking at the problems of national minorities as a way of helping them
• Minority members versus foreigners
• Potential problems in the co-existence of multiple nationalities
• Delinquency and crime as a social and psychological phenomenon
• Tendencies of national minority members to become criminal offenders or victims – potential causes and consequences
• The Psychology of Victims
• The Offender’s Psychology
• Social Conditions as a cause of Delinquency
• The situation in the Czech Republic as a part of Central and Eastern Europe
• Socially Excluded Localities
• Available Statistics
• Conclusions
• References
• Part II – The Support of Children’s Adaptation to School for the Prevention of Social Exclusion
• Children’s Sense of Safety under Different Forms of Care at School and Where They Live
• References
• Possibility, Challenge or Barrier? Tasks of Public Education: The International Outlook and the Hungarian Situation
• Global correlations
• The contradictions of efficiency
• More effective change, the road to success
• Contradictions in local integration practice
• Selectivity of the education system and segregation
• Lack of opportunity and equal opportunity
• Segregation, integration
• Inclusive education, integrating schools
• A look at one implemented integration program
• Summary
• References
• The Educational Requirements of Teachers’ Assistants Working with Roma Pupils: The Opinions of In-Service and University Teachers (a Comparison)
• A brief theoretical, legislative and practical description of the position
• Empirical methods
• The aims of the research
• Stages of the research project
• Description of research methods
• Description and characteristics of the research model
• Opinions on the required knowledge and skills of teacher’s assistants with a focus on the education of Romany pupils
• The scope of working activity of the teacher’s assistant
• Theoretical knowledge and practical skills of teacher’s assistants
• Specific skills and knowledge of the teacher’s assistant
• Conclusion
• References
• A New Tool in the Fight against Social Exclusion: The Questionnaire of School Life (QSL)
• Body of the scale
• Theoretical background
• Study
• Objectivity and universality
• Validity
• Reliability
• The stability in time
• Analyses of correlations between scales
• Developmental changes in pupils and their effect on the results obtained in subscales
• Conclusions
• References
• Creativity Training with the Use of Drawings in Counteracting Peer Rejection
• The social mechanisms behind peer rejection
• Why creativity training?
• Creativity training – aspects of group work
• Creativity training – aspects of individual work
• Conclusions
• References
• Art Therapy as a Method of Working with Children under the Threat of Exclusion
• Art therapy
• Workshop 1 – Art therapeutic games
• Workshop 2 – Dramatic games
• Workshop 3 – Fourland
• Workshop 4 – Puppet theatre
• Workshop 5 – Choreotherapy
• Workshop 6 – Hug therapy
• Summary
• References
• A Child of Many Worlds: A New Meaning of Acculturation
• Planes of acculturation
• Stages of acculturation
• Adaptation and acculturation
• Adaptation and acculturation and globalisation processes
• Contemporary indicators of acculturation
• Acculturation and the economy
• Adaptation or acculturation
• References
• Authors