RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Kliment, Pavel
A1 Šotola, Jaroslav
T1 Muslim Children in Czech Schools
JF e-Pedagogium
YR 2014
VO 14
IS 4
SP 52
OP 63
DO 10.5507/epd.2014.041
UL https://e-pedagogium.upol.cz/en/artkey/epd-201404-0006.php
AB The goal of our empirical study is to present the experience of primary school pedagogues, which they gained from contact with Muslim children (and their parents), who can be perceived as specific participants in the educational process. In order to meet our goal, we chose a qualitative method; for data collection, we applied the method of semi-structured interview. The interviews were conducted with pedagogues at schools that have long-term experiences of educating Muslim children. The paper depicts the expectations of the major players acting in the pedagogical interaction, relating to the forms and course of the pedagogical process. It deals mainly with the expectations of Muslim children, their parents and an educational institution as a whole. The expectations differ in many aspects, bringing about the necessity of negotiating and accepting dissimilarity. The paper results in partial recommendations for responding to other examples of growing diversity in Czech schools in order to maintain the cooperative character of the pedagogical interaction.