Interethnic violence and principles of intercultural education in schools: The case study of Slovenia
This paper discusses the main findings of a study on interethnic violence carried out in the school environment in Slovenia. It examines the occurrence and perception of different forms of violence and the role of educators and the commitment of schools to promote nonviolence and the wel...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociological Scientific Society of Serbia
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Sociologija |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0038-0318/2016/0038-03181603410M.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper discusses the main findings of a study on interethnic violence
carried out in the school environment in Slovenia. It examines the
occurrence and perception of different forms of violence and the role of
educators and the commitment of schools to promote nonviolence and the
wellbeing of pupils, which is reached mainly by applying principles of
intercultural education. The quantitative and qualitative findings take
three perspectives into account: (1) pupils’ opinions and experiences, (2)
perceptions of educators and (3) perspectives of experts in the area of
(interethnic) peer violence. Special emphasis is placed on the informants’
perceptions of the school environment, their experiences of interethnic
violence and interventions in cases of violence in schools aimed at its
prevention. The paper argues that despite the general acceptance of
principles of intercultural education in Slovenian schools and the recurrent
self-initiatives of individual educators, a coordinated and integrated
approach is needed both for dealing with (interethnic) violence and for
promulgating values of intercultural coexistence in schools. |
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| ISSN: | 0038-0318 2406-0712 |