Romania - 2012
Evidence of modifying school curricula and teaching materials can be modified to reflect the diversity of the school population
- Code:
- RED84
- Key Area:
- Education
- Strand(s):
- Equality
| Short Answer |
Intercultural Education and The History of National Minorities from Romania are introduced as optional subjects at the choice of the school. The curricula is criticized for not giving the mainstream school population the benefit of intercultural education as a mandatory subject or at least modifying curricula and teaching materials to reflect the diversity of the school population. |
| Qualitative Info |
Although planned to be introduced as mandatory education (Ministry of Education Order No.1529/2007), only in 2009, intercultural education was introduced as an optional subject at the choice of the school (Ministry of Education Order No.5097/2009). In 2008, the Ministry of Education introduced "The History of National Minorities from Romania" as another optional subject for pupils in the tenth grade. The aim of this optional course is to familiarize pupils with the history of communities of a different ethnic origin that live in Romania (Ministry of Education Order No.6296/2008 regarding the approval of school curricula for the optional subject "History of National Minorities from Romania"). A 2010 qualitative research criticizes the formal education in Romania for: "the predominance of a monocultural approach and an unilateral perspective with regards to the history and culture of the majority, while the referrences to cultural, ethnic and religious minorities are rare. The teaching materials used for mandatory subjects such as Romanian Language and Literature and Romanian's History are illustrative." Source: Research report of "Impreuna" Agency of Community Development, Intercultural education: from theory to practice - implementing intercultural education in multiethnic schools in Romania (Educaţia interculturală:de la teorie la practică - implementarea educaţiei interculturale în şcoli multietnice din România), November 2010, pp.26-29, available at http://www.ardor.org.ro/content/ro/educatia_interculturala.pdf (accessed on 18.02.2012).
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| Groups affected/interested | Ethnic minorities, Linguistic minorities, National minorities |
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| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Education |
| External Url | http://www.ardor.org.ro/content/ro/educatia_interculturala.pdf; http://www.edu.ro/index.php/articles/14859 |
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