OBROVSKÁ, Jana, Lucie JARKOVSKÁ and Kateřina LIŠKOVÁ. ‘Since they are here in Czechia, they should talk in Czech’. Ethnicity in peer groups at school. Intercultural Education. 2021, vol. 32, No 1, p. 62-82. ISSN 1467-5986. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14675986.2020.1844511.
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Original name ‘Since they are here in Czechia, they should talk in Czech’. Ethnicity in peer groups at school
Authors OBROVSKÁ, Jana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Lucie JARKOVSKÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Kateřina LIŠKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Intercultural Education, 2021, 1467-5986.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14410/21:00118795
Organization unit Faculty of Education
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14675986.2020.1844511
UT WoS 000598631700001
Keywords (in Czech) etnicita; vzdělávání; migrace; etnografie; Česko
Keywords in English ethnicity; education; migration; ethnography; Czechia
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Dana Nesnídalová, učo 831. Changed: 5/1/2022 13:38.
Abstract
Classrooms in Czechia are changing. What used to be a relatively ethnically homogeneous environment changed after 1989 and became much more diverse. How are children, both of Czech, as well as migrant origin, coping? What strategies do they use to negotiate their everyday lives in the classroom? We conducted an ethnographic study in two classes of one multicultural Czech elementary school and used an inductive analytical strategy. While the fifth grade was peaceful, the ninth graders were at war regarding language issues. We analysed ninth graders’ narratives of how this situation came into being and their explanations of whose attitudes needed to change. We identified strong pressure to fit in, exerted not only by majority classmates but also by some pupils with migrant backgrounds. In contrast, the fifth grade class revealed migrant children’s successful strategies of fitting in, which included helpfulness towards classmates, the development of strong social capital and compliance with authority. In ethnically heterogeneous classrooms, we identified a homogenising push to fit in and negative sanctions for standing out.
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GAP404/12/1487, research and development projectName: Vzdělávací strategie dětí migrantů a dětí z etnických menšin (Acronym: MOPED)
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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