Prague, Aug 21 (CTK) - A new manual called Second Shift that shows
Czech teachers how to integrate literature and history of the gipsy
minority into multicultural education in the higher years of elementary
schools was presented to journalists yesterday.
The manual that is to show teachers how to eliminate prejudices among
pupils was prepared within a three-year project of the Romea
association.
"We wanted to present the gipsy theme differently from how it is
taught at schools now. The current method is not much creative," project
coordinator Radka Stekla said.
She said the manual authors would like pupils leaving the 9th year with respect for being different.
The manual was written by gipsyny scholars, historians and pedagogy
experts. It offers selected works by Romany writers with explanations
and tasks as well as gipsy' history.
It contains memories of gipsy Holocaust survivors, excerpts from old
prints and other historical sources. The book also contains photographs
and other pictorial material.
Eighty-six teachers attended seminars on how to use the book. They
were also acquainted with dealing with undesirable phenomena, such as
bullying or pushing children out of the class collective.
Romea started the three-year project aimed to help eliminate racism and xenophobia from schools in September 2009.
It cost some 9.46 million crowns. About 85 percent of the sum was
provided by the European Social Fund, the rest by the state. A child
magazine Romano Vodori or Romany Soul was also published within the
project.
More than 400 children met Romany Holocaust survivors and representatives of various minorities at 30 workshops.
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