Attitudes of Serbian and Slovenian Student Teachers towards Causes of Learning Underachievement amongst Roma Pupils

Autor/inn/en	Macura-Milovanovic, Suncica; Pecek, Mojca
Titel	Attitudes of Serbian and Slovenian Student Teachers towards Causes of Learning Underachievement amongst Roma Pupils
Quelle	In: International Journal of Inclusive Education, 17 (2013) 6, S.629-645 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-3116
DOI	10.1080/13603116.2012.703247
Schlagwörter	Student Teacher Attitudes; Minority Group Students; Social Bias; Social Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Underachievement; Teacher Responsibility; Student Diversity; Ethnic Groups; Elementary School Teachers; Questionnaires; Poverty; Educational Attainment; Parent Background; Parent Influence; Child Rearing; Cultural Influences; Student Motivation; Teacher Competencies; Parent Teacher Cooperation; Curriculum; Language Minorities; Serbia; Slovenia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Ausland; Performance deficiency; Leistungsschwäche; Lehrverpflichtung; Ethnie; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Fragebogen; Armut; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Elternhaus; Kindererziehung; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Schulische Motivation; Lehrkunst; Parent teacher relation; Parent-teacher cooperation; Parent-teacher relation; Parent-teacher relationship; Parent teacher relationship; Eltern-Lehrer-Beziehung; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Sprachminderheit; Serbien; Slowenien
Abstract	The task of initial teacher education is to prepare student teachers (ST) to accept responsibility for improving the education of all pupils, including Roma pupils. Thus, knowledge of ST's attitudes regarding such pupils at the onset of initial teacher education is a key for the creation of teacher education programmes that challenge implicit beliefs and biases. The main focus of this paper, therefore, is ST's perceptions concerning the causes of learning underachievement amongst Roma pupils and who is primarily responsible for these pupils' learning achievement. Research was conducted at the Faculty of Education at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia and the Teacher Training Faculty at the University of Belgrade in Serbia. The results suggest that ST do not consider themselves likely contributors to Roma pupils' learning achievement, which leads to an attitude of minimal responsibility. The majority of ST attribute Roma pupils' learning underachievement to their parents' disinterest in schooling, Roma pupils' lack of motivation, and their non-acceptance by peers. The implications of these findings for teacher education programmes are subsequently discussed. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10