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Project

An ethnographic study on everyday practices of ethnic discrimination in Flemish secondary schools.

Ethnic discrimination in the educational sector has been a topic of research within a myriad of social disciplines. Yet surprisingly, a lot of research fails to systematically study and categorize the different levels and types of ethnic discrimination within specific school settings. This explorative study wants to gain insight in the different types of interpersonal and institutional ethnic discrimination, with an emphasis on the perceptions of the phenomenon by different school actors (i.e., pupils and school staff). Subsequently, the study also wants to explore the diverse coping mechanism used and related consequences experienced by the relevant school actors in relation to interpersonal and institutional ethnic discrimination. The research will be executed in six classes of three Flemish secondary schools with varied ethnic and socio-economic compositions, and all located in one city setting. Different forms of data collection will be carried out, including ethnographic observations, document analysis, a diary method for pupils, and interviews with pupils, teachers and leading staff. The research would provide valuable insights in the relationship between different levels and types of ethnic discrimination and the interconnectedness with specific coping mechanism used and consequences experienced by pupils and school staff. These findings could support school staff (in training) in raising awareness about and better respond to experiences of ethnic discrimination in a school context.
Date:1 Oct 2018 →  30 Sep 2022
Keywords:INCLUSIVE EDUCATION, ANTHROPOLOGY, ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION, ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
Disciplines:Social psychology, Education curriculum, Instructional sciences, Applied sociology, Policy and administration, Social stratification, Social theory and sociological methods, Sociology of life course, family and health, Other sociology and anthropology