Good Start--Prepare Roma Children for School

European Union program to prepare Roma children for school. For more information:

http://www.romaeducationfund.hu/good-start-eu-roma-pilot

http://www.romaeducationfund.hu/sites/default/files/documents/a_good_start_booklet.2001.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjbYRZOZuQw

Does anyone have experience with this program?

Do you agree?

Formal schooling often appears particularly foreign and irrelevant to Romany. Empowering the community to participate in education, and building on ways the community already educates such as observation, listening, elderly community members, communicating in one’s first language, will enhance schooling and increase overall educational levels.

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Multilingual Education

LEAD (Language, Education, and Development) offers an online course about Multilingual Education.

Course Outline

Section 1: The purpose of education
Module 1.1 - Why does education matter?
Module 1.2 - Defining ‘education’
Module 1.3 - How does context influence education?
Section 2:  Being adaptable to changing contexts: sociolinguistic issues and the adaptability of multilingual education
Module 2.1 - How the use of language changes
Module 2.2 - Cultural and ethnic identity in times of rapid change
Module 2.3 - The ‘added value’ of community-based learning
Module 2.4 - Adapting formal education opportunities to fit the needs of your community
Section 3:  The truth about mother tongue-based multilingual education
Module 3.1 - Foundations of MTB-MLE
Module 3.2 - Debates around MTB-MLE
Module 3.3 - Benefits of MTB-MLE
Module 3.4 - How MTB-based learning benefits extend beyond the classroom

For more information, go to:  leadcommunity.ning.