Topic outline

  • General

    Inclusion of Roma and Migrants in Schools: Training, Open Discussions and Youth Volunteering Activities (RoMigSc)

    Education is crucial for successful integration. Although diversity is an opportunity to make schools more inclusive, creative and open-minded, inequality in education is the highest among Roma and migrant children. Migrant and Roma often face discrimination and xenophobia. For instance, the educational achievements of these groups are in general poorer, they are more likely to drop out from compulsory education, leading to higher risks of social marginalization, to a failure to integrate, and, ultimately, to poverty, which has long-term adverse effects on the social development and economic growth of the host country. The main aim of this project is thus to support better integration of Roma and migrant children in education through various activities.

          

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  • Theme 1

    Inclusive strategies for work in multicultural society

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    •  Reading materials

    • Guidelines for inclusion: ensuring access to education for all URL
      • Definition of inclusion
      • Key players in support of inclusion
      • Attitudes and values supporting the inclusion
      • Accesible and flexible curricula
      • Inclusive education
    • Review and analysis of policies and initiatives for the social inclusion of young people URL
      • Social inclusion of young people in the EU: key indicators and trends
      • Developments in policy and practice
      • National context for the social inclusion of young people in Member States selected for case studies
      • Key features of measures for social inclusion of young people
      • Assessment of measures: social investment and youth empowerment
      • Assessment of measures: effectiveness, impact, innovativeness and transferability 
    • Political and Legislative Framework for the Education of Roma Children URL
      • Overview of international official texts related to the education of Roma children
      • Overview of initiatives and programmes of international organisations fort he education of Roma children
      • Comparative study of national initiatives fort he education of Roma children – trends and good practices
    • What Works in Migrant Education? A Review of Evidence and Policy Options URL
      • System level policies
        • Reducing educational segregation
        • Allocating resources for migrant education
        • Recruiting and retaining effective teachers for migrant education 
      • School-level policies
        • Language learning
        • Intercultural education
        • Parental involvement in schools
    • A Clear Agenda for Migrant Education in Europe URL

      Summary of what and how may be done in Europe:

      • Remedying the school concentration of socially disadvantaged learners
      • Guaranteeing equal access to high quality vocational education and training for all, regardless of residence status
      • Promoting multilingualism among all learners
      • Diversity in teacher training and professional capacity
      • Increasing the representation of people with a migrant background in the education professionals
      • Expanding peer-to-peer mentoring for learners with a migrant background
      • Creating effective support for newly arrived migrant learners

  • Theme 2

    Intercultural competencies

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    Inclusion in Schools

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    • Creating a Culturally Inclusive Classroom Environment URL

      10 Questions to Guide Self-Reflection: Creating a Culturally Inclusive Classroom

      • What is my definition of “diversity”?
      • What national, cultural, linguistic or religious group(s) do I belong to? How do my teaching practices reflect this?
      • What do I know about the cultural, linguistic, religious and educational backgrounds of my students and other staff?
      • How could I learn more about the diversity of my students and staff colleagues?
      • What are my perceptions/assumptions of students and staff colleagues from diverse cultural groups? Or with language or dialects different from mine? Or with special needs or requirements?
      • What are the sources of these perceptions (e.g., friends/relatives, media, stereotypes, past experiences)?
      • How do I respond to my students (emotionally, cognitively, and behaviourally), based on these perceptions?
      • What experiences do I have as a result of living, studying or working in culturally and linguistically diverse cultures? How can I capitalise on this experience?
      • How can I adapt my teaching practices to be more responsive to the unique needs of diverse student groups?
      • What other knowledge, skills and resources would help me to teach from a more culturally inclusive perspective?
    • Competent Educators of the 21st Century URL

      Principles of Quality Pedagogy: Focus Areas

      • Interactions
      • Family and Community
      • Inclusion, Diversity, and Values of Democracy
      • Assessment and Planning
      • Teaching Strategies
      • Learning Environment
      • Professional Development
    • Intercultural competence for all - Preparation for living in a heterogeneous world URL
      • The dimensions of intercultural education
      • Indicators for intercultural understanding
      • Intercultural education and pupil exchanges
      • Intercultural education and school partnerships
      • Intercultural education and the recognition of achievement

    • Inclusion of Roma children

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    • Education: the situation of Roma in 11 EU Member States URL
      • SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OF SCHOOL‑AGE ROMA CHILDREN
        • Early childhood education and its implications
        • School attendance rates
        • Age patterns of Roma children’s non-attendance
        • Reasons for not attending compulsory school
        • Irregular school attendance
      • EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND LITERACY OF ADULT ROMA
        • Literacy
        • Participation in formal education
        • Leaving school prior to completing secondary education
        • Completing upper secondary education
        • Reasons for never attending school or stopping education early
      • EQUAL TREATMENT IN EDUCATION: ETHNIC SEGREGATION AND PERCEPTIONS OF DISCRIMINATION
        • Segregation in mainstream schools
        • Residential and educational segregation
        • Segregation in special schools and classes for Roma
        • Perceived experiences of discrimination  

    • Inclusion of migrant children

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    • Bridging Learning Gaps for Youth URL
      • The UNESCO education responce: bridging learning gaps for youth
      • The organizational mandate and programme implementation strategy
      • Country Profiles
    • Missing out refugee education in crisis URL
      • The Global Picture
      • Quality education is the anchor that will keep children in school
      • Learning in a new system
      • From camp to campus
      • From school to university in four years
      • Finding ways to innovate and connect
      • Learning to heal
      • Connecting to a brighter future
      • The struggle for equality

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    Youth Activisation - Social responsibility

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    • An EU Strategy for Youth – Investing and Empowering URL

      EU’s Vision for Young People - A Long-term Strategy for Youth with Short-term Priorities

      • More Opportunities for Youth in the fields of education, employment, creativity and entrepreneurship
      • Better Access and Full Participation of Young People in Society in the fields of health, sport, and participation
      • Increased Mutual Solidarity between Society and Young People in the fields of social inclusion, volunteering, global challenges
      • New Role for Youth Work

      The ways of delivering the vision in a new integrated cooperation framework

      • A Cross-sectoral Approach
      • Dialogue with Youth
      • Peer-learning for Better Policy-Making
      • Implementation
      • Evidence-based Policy-Making
      • Simplified Reporting
      • Mobilisation of EU Programmes and Funds
      • Cooperation with other EU Institutions and International Organisations

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    Training for volunteers: Involving volunteers in school projects

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    Training for teachers: Teaching in inclusive classroom

  • Theme 7

    Project activities (seminars) by countries 2017-2018-2019