Mentoring, Counselling and Mediator Models to Improve the Educational Situation of Sinti and Roma in Germany

This article presents the educational situation of Sinti and Roma in Germany. The members of this highly heterogeneous minority group differ not only in terms of the time of their immigration, their legal status and language, but also in terms of their educational participation and success. The onl...

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Main Authors: Natascha Hofmann, Andrea Óhidy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IDE Journal 2018-05-01
Series:International Dialogues on Education: Past and Present
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Online Access:https://www.idejournal.org/index.php/ide/article/view/80
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description This article presents the educational situation of Sinti and Roma in Germany. The members of this highly heterogeneous minority group differ not only in terms of the time of their immigration, their legal status and language, but also in terms of their educational participation and success. The only thing they have in common is that they can all be defined as disadvantaged when compared to an average German citizen. Since the 1990s, various mentoring, counselling and mediator programmes have been developed and implemented in Germany to improve the participation in education and the educational success of Sinti and Roma. The impact – for example the positive effects of self-chosen mentors and role models from the majority society or of Sinti and Roma educational mediators – has been proved by empirical studies. In order to further improve and strengthen these models, educational programmes for the professionalisation of mediators have been developed, such as the Hamburg Model or the ROMED Model.
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spelling doaj.art-1d950de748634b9fac56293c95b2fbe22024-01-05T11:17:06ZengIDE JournalInternational Dialogues on Education: Past and Present2198-59442018-05-015110.53308/ide.v5i1.80Mentoring, Counselling and Mediator Models to Improve the Educational Situation of Sinti and Roma in GermanyNatascha Hofmann0Andrea Óhidy1Pedagogical University FreiburgPedagogical University Freiburg This article presents the educational situation of Sinti and Roma in Germany. The members of this highly heterogeneous minority group differ not only in terms of the time of their immigration, their legal status and language, but also in terms of their educational participation and success. The only thing they have in common is that they can all be defined as disadvantaged when compared to an average German citizen. Since the 1990s, various mentoring, counselling and mediator programmes have been developed and implemented in Germany to improve the participation in education and the educational success of Sinti and Roma. The impact – for example the positive effects of self-chosen mentors and role models from the majority society or of Sinti and Roma educational mediators – has been proved by empirical studies. In order to further improve and strengthen these models, educational programmes for the professionalisation of mediators have been developed, such as the Hamburg Model or the ROMED Model. https://www.idejournal.org/index.php/ide/article/view/80Sinti and Roma, Germany, educational situation, mediator models
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Mentoring, Counselling and Mediator Models to Improve the Educational Situation of Sinti and Roma in Germany
International Dialogues on Education: Past and Present
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title Mentoring, Counselling and Mediator Models to Improve the Educational Situation of Sinti and Roma in Germany
title_full Mentoring, Counselling and Mediator Models to Improve the Educational Situation of Sinti and Roma in Germany
title_fullStr Mentoring, Counselling and Mediator Models to Improve the Educational Situation of Sinti and Roma in Germany
title_full_unstemmed Mentoring, Counselling and Mediator Models to Improve the Educational Situation of Sinti and Roma in Germany
title_short Mentoring, Counselling and Mediator Models to Improve the Educational Situation of Sinti and Roma in Germany
title_sort mentoring counselling and mediator models to improve the educational situation of sinti and roma in germany
topic Sinti and Roma, Germany, educational situation, mediator models
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