Wykluczenie edukacyjne dzieci ulicy. Raport badań z Krakowa

Abstract

Street children worldwide and in Poland face many problems. One of them is educational exclusion which marginalizes this group of children and adolescents in the area of education. The aim of the article is to analyze factors conducive to this particular form of social exclusion. Street workers from Krakow who took part in the study listed three following problem areas in this respect: 1) dysfunctionality of school (teachers’ lack of knowledge about students who fall into the category of street children, their focusing on the curriculum without paying attention to weak students and disregarding the principle of approachability in teaching), 2) teachers ‒ street children relations (stigmatization of students from dysfunctional families, overuse of failing grades, ridiculing and humiliating), and 3) peers ‒ street children relations (violence, quarrels, conflicts).