Analysis of the construction of the social reality of elementary school students on the topic of racism background

Autor	Mgr. Dušan Klapko, Ph.D.
Organisation	Masarykova Univerzita
Year	2012
Research type	chapter in a specialized publication
Annotation	The theoretical outcomes of research study came from social constructivist approach. The purpose of this chapter was to describe, explain and discover the language construction of social reality explanation in coexistence of Roma and majority society from the point of view of pupils at two secondary schools. The two main topics in the discussion among the pupils were focused on nationalism, racism, criminality, leadership and intolerance. The pupils in the research were both Roma and from majority society. The used methodology was discursive analysis and the data were collected from focus groups discussions. The source for discussion was taken from basic schools history textbooks and the reflections which followed were based on the real life experience of the pupils.
Keywords	social constructivist approach, discourse analysis, focus group, the language construction of social reality explanation, history textbooks, coexistence of Roma and majority society from the point of view of pupils at two secondary schools
Research type	qualitative
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Obor	AM Pedagogy, education
Note	KLAPKO, Dušan. Analýza konstruování sociálního světa žáků ZŠ na pozadí tématu rasismu. In Výzkum a edukace sociálně znevýhodněných žáků. Romští žáci, děti cizinců (uprchlíků), teorie, výzkum, edukační strategie. 1 vyd. Brno: Paido, 2012. s. 83-114, 32 s. Sociálněpedagogický výzkum. ISBN 978-80-7315-224-6.
Email	klapko@ped.muni.cz
Availability	available in the NRVDM electronic library
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