Supporting Disadvantaged Multilingual Families in Using Their Own Resources in Education

OBROVSKÁ, Jana, Kateřina SIDIROPULU JANKŮ and Karel PANČOCHA. Supporting Disadvantaged Multilingual Families in Using Their Own Resources in Education. In Orbis Scholae, 2019, 13 (3). Praha: Karolinum, 2019, p. 5-8. ISSN 1802-4637. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.14712/23363177.2020.6.

Basic information

• Original name: Supporting Disadvantaged Multilingual Families in Using Their Own Resources in Education
• Name in Czech: Podpora znevýhodněných vícejazyčných rodin v užití jejich vlastních zdrojů ve vzdělávání
• Authors: OBROVSKÁ, Jana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Kateřina SIDIROPULU JANKŮ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Karel PANČOCHA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Praha, Orbis Scholae, 2019, 13 (3), p. 5-8, 4 pp. 2019.
• Publisher: Karolinum

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Editing of thematic compilation, editing of monothematic issue of professional journal
• Field of Study: 50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14410/19:00113361
• Organization unit: Faculty of Education
• ISSN: 1802-4637
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14712/23363177.2020.6
• Keywords (in Czech): Sociální znevýhodnění; rodičovství; vícejazyčné rodiny; vzdělávání
• Keywords in English: Social disadvantage; parenting; multilingual families; education
• Tags: International impact

Abstract

For decades, researchers, policy makers and education practitioners have been trying to eliminate inequality in education throughout the stages of education and across the globe. The research so far proves that the early stages of development are crucial and that it is never too soon to start with support and interventions. Nevertheless, the younger the child, the more conflicting with the domestic environment the interventions may appear. Therefore, it is becoming crucial to understand the cultural background on the side of the families in order to set up successful mechanisms that might help to fill the education gaps, ideally engaging the caretakers themselves in taking effective action. At the same time, the school-attending children of these days are now, at least in Europe, fully digitalized from the moment of their birth, so it is only natural to consider virtual learning environments as an essential part of the education innovations that might help tackle social inequalities. However, digitalization is not an automatic solution to educational inequalities: it may be quite the contrary if the social and cultural background of its users is not treated with proper regard.

Links

• 727069, interní kód MU: Name: ISOTIS - Inclusive Education and Social Support to Tackle Inequalities in Society (Acronym: ISOTIS)

Investor: European Union, ISOTIS - Inclusive Education and Social Support to Tackle Inequalities in Society, Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective Societies (Societal Challenges)