Hetero-Stereotypes of Macedonian and Turkish Ethnic Groups in Ethnically Mixed Schools and the Existence of Discrimination: Attitudes of Teachers and Parents

Stojanoska, Gordana (2018) Hetero-Stereotypes of Macedonian and Turkish Ethnic Groups in Ethnically Mixed Schools and the Existence of Discrimination: Attitudes of Teachers and Parents. 13th International Balkan Education and Science Congress proseedings.

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Abstract

Ethnic origin can be the reason (factor) of the emergence and existence of ethnic prejudices and stereotypes
on the basis of negative characteristics in relation to members of other ethnic groups and this leads to the
existence of attitudes of teachers and parents for the existence of discrimination or to become a source of
discrimination against members of other ethnic groups. Even if objectively there is no discrimination, it is
sufficient only to have a perception that primary school students are discriminated against on this basis, in
order to cause problems in the educational process. This can especially be expressed in primary schools in
which students with different ethnic backgrounds study can cause segregation or self-segregation within a
school or, even more closely, within a single unit by one or more ethnic groups, which can make it difficult
or completely impossible to communicate between students and teachers who belong to different
ethnicities. The work is based on research of the mentioned problem from the aspect of individuals, groups
and institutions. The core activity of the research is education, and more specifically -primary education.
The subject of the research is the views on the discrimination of students on the ethnic basis of teachers and
parents (who have pupils in primary schools) in mixed ethnic schools, as well as the stereotypes that they
form for the students. The scientific purpose of this research is to make a scientific description of the
attitudes of teachers and parents regarding the discrimination of students by ethnicity in different types of
elementary schools with mixed ethnic composition, as well as to establish whether they exist and if they
exist, what are the stereotypes which are formed in education for students belonging to an ethnic group
different from the teacher / parent. The survey was conducted with a survey and using the Katz Braille scale
to determine the stereotypes: positive, negative and ambivalent stereotypes. A sample of 227 parents was
enrolled, having children who study in elementary schools with mixed ethnic composition and 120 teachers
who teach them. The results indicate that Macedonian and Turkish ethnicity do not attribute negative
stereotypes, while for the attitude of discrimination it can be said that both, teachers and parents, belonging
to the Macedonian and Turkish ethnic groups, the most present is the attitude of absenteeism and complete
absence of the claim for existence discrimination of students on an ethnic basis in schools with mixed ethnic
composition.
Key words: hetero-stereotypes, Turkish ethnic group, Macedonian ethnic group, mixed schools, attitudes

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Social Sciences > Sociology
Divisions:	Faculty of Education
Depositing User:	Josif Petrovski
Date Deposited:	12 Mar 2023 09:33
Last Modified:	12 Mar 2023 09:33
URI:	https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/7463

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