Trying to Include but Supporting Exclusion Instead? Constructing the Roma in Slovak Educational Policies

• Published in: European education Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 71 - 88
• Main Authors: Miškolci, Jozef, Kováčová, Lucia, Kubánová, Martina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 01.01.2017; Routledge
• Subjects: Constructivism (Learning); Decision Making; Disadvantaged; Documentation; Educational Attitudes; Educational Policy; Elementary Secondary Education; Focus Groups; Foreign Countries; Guidelines; Inclusion; Minority Groups; Policy Formation; Qualitative Research; Social Bias; Slovakia

Based on a social constructivist theoretical framework, this research study examines how the design of proinclusive educational policies and the general public construct the Roma students and parents in Slovakia. For this purpose, data from two selected educational policies and five focus groups con...