Adaptation and integration of children of different nationality in kindergarden

Autor	Pedagogická fakulta, katedra primární pedagogiky, Univerzita Karlova
Organisation	Pedagogická fakulta, katedra primární pedagogiky, Univerzita Karlova
Year	2009
Research type	bachelor thesis
Annotation	This bachelor´s thesis focuses on a problem of multicultural education at kindergartens in Cheb. Due to its location on the main transport line at the Czech-German border and due to the suitable entrepreneurial environment, there is a huge concentration of the Vietnamese minority in the city. The Vietnamese children often attend the Czech kindergartens. The theoretical part of the bachelor´s thesis deals with intercultural differencies in families of foreigners.The work adverts to the importace and specificity of the period in children´s life in collectivity in kindergartens. The thesis also emphasis the interconnection between multicultural education and the Pre-school Frame Education Programme and stresses the importance of teacher´s awareness and competences to apply the principles of the multicultural education. Empirical part of the thesis brings out particuliar results of a pedagogical research concerning teacher´s attitudes and possible obstacles linked to the application of the multiculutural education and integration of immigrant´s children in kindergartens.
Keywords	Multicultural education; intercultural education; culture; adaptation; integration; assimilation; separation; children; Vietnamese minority; Pre-school Frame Education Programme
Research type	qualitative
Start date	1. 1. 2009
End date	31. 8. 2009
Obor	AM Pedagogy, education
Email	sona.kotatkova@pedf.cuni.cz
Availability	available by the researcher
Research location	Pedagogická fakulta, katedra primární pedagogiky, Univerzita Karlova, D. M. Rettigové 4, Praha 1 11639
Organisation	Pedagogická fakulta, katedra primární pedagogiky, Univerzita Karlova
Possible connection	Children and Youth Ratio in population Number of children and young people Expected numbers of children and young people (Summer) recovery activities (form of summer camps)