Experiencing the Same but Differently: Indigenous Minority and Immigrant Children's Experiences in Cyprus

Autor/inn/en	Theodorou, Eleni; Symeou, Loizos
Titel	Experiencing the Same but Differently: Indigenous Minority and Immigrant Children's Experiences in Cyprus
Quelle	In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, 34 (2013) 3, S.354-372 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-5692
DOI	10.1080/01425692.2012.722274
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Minority Group Children; Immigrants; Indigenous Populations; Student Attitudes; Educational Environment; Comparative Analysis; Social Bias; Social Attitudes; Elementary School Students; Student Diversity; Observation; Interviews; Ethnicity; Social Status; Ethnic Stereotypes; Ethnography; Cyprus + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Sinti und Roma; Schülerverhalten; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Beobachtung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ethnizität; Sozialer Status; National stereotype; Nationales Stereotyp; Ethnografie; Zypern
Abstract	This paper examines the experiences of minority students from two different cultural groups, immigrant children of Pontian background and indigenous minority children of Roma descent, in the Greek-Cypriot educational system. Through a joint re-examination of results from two different qualitative studies, this paper delineates similarities and differences of how life at school is experienced through the eyes of children who are not part of the mainstream, in an effort to gain insight into the nuances of being a minority child in the specific educational system. Comparisons across the two groups of children suggest that although both groups shared a minority status, they nonetheless experienced marginalisation across different dimensions that were linked to their dual multilayered position as both insiders and outsiders. Attention to such complexities enables us to gain deeper understandings of children's lives, as too often the category of "minority child" seems to be treated as a monolithic and homogeneous one. (Contains 5 notes.) (As Provided).
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