(Im)migrant and Ethnic Minority Literature in Education Curricula in Slovenia

Abstract

Dedicated to the dissemination of scholarly and professional information, Purdue University Press selects, develops, and distributes quality resources in several key subject areas for which its parent university is famous, including business, technology, health, veterinary medicine, and other selected disciplines in the humanities and sciences. Abstract: In her article "(Im)migrant and Ethnic Minority Literature in Education Curricula in Slovenia" Marijanca Ajša Vižintin argues that there is a need to develop in the educational system of Slovenia a comprehensive theoretical and applied approach for the inclusion of (im)migrant and ethnic minority students: in addition to writers who represent the Slovenian majority population, school curricula should include members of Slovenian (im)migrant and ethnic minority members of the country irrespective of the language in which they write. In accordance with this objective and recommendation, the reading and study of the cultural production of (im)migrant and ethnic minority texts ought to be recognized and included in the canon. At the same time, Vižintin calls for a fair representation of women authors.

Položaj narodnih skupnosti pripadnikov narodov nekdanje SFRJ v slovenskem šolstvu

“…Sogovornike smo vprašali tudi, kako gledajo na pomen medkulturne vzgoje v javnih šolah (Tabela 4). (Resman, 2003;Vižintin, 2016), pa to ne velja za v ostale narodne skupnosti (vključno z romsko). Učni načrti v programih izobraževanja so zasnovani ciljno, kar učiteljem daje številne možnosti prilagajanja na specifike svojih učencev, a priročnikov in učnih gradiv za učitelje, ki bi jih usmerjali v načrtovanje bolj medkulturno zasnovanih učnih ur (npr.…”

O migracijah v šoli: od izseljensko-priseljenske perspektive do življenjskih zgodb

“…Koliko se pri slovenščini, angleščini in drugih jezikih spregovori o odnosu do maternega jezika, večletnem učenju jezika okolja po preselitvi? Se pri pouku književnosti bere književna besedila, ki so jih napisale pripadnice, pripadniki manjšin ali priseljenke, priseljenci v Sloveniji (Žitnik, Glušič 1999;Dimkovska, 2014;Vižintin, 2016aVižintin, , 2018a? Se pri družbi, zgodovini, geografiji, sociologiji, filozofiji, psihologiji učenke, učenci soočajo z izzivi vključevanja novopriseljenih, s soodgovornostjo vseh pri večletnem procesu vključevanja (Vižintin 2017)?…”

Developing Intercultural Education

“…Janja Žitnik Serafin (2014) discovered that "they include no representatives of various ethnic groups in Slovenia and immigrant authors" (Žitnik Serafin 2014: 223). Similar analyses should be conducted for all syllabuses, preferably in cooperation with immigrants (Vižintin 2016). In addition to the revamping of syllabuses, it is necessary to include content on multicultural society, multilingualism, multiethnicity and multireligiosity in the academic programmes of the faculties of education and arts.…”