Project information
ISOTIS - Inclusive Education and Social Support to Tackle Inequalities in Society
(ISOTIS)
- Project Identification
- 727069
- Project Period
- 1/2017 - 12/2019
- Investor / Pogramme / Project type
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European Union
- Horizon 2020
- Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective Societies (Societal Challenges)
- MU Faculty or unit
- Faculty of Education
- Cooperating Organization
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University of Amsterdam
University of Oxford
European University Institute
Universidade do Porto
University of Oslo
Freie Universität Berlin
Universidade de Lisboa
Universidade de Coimbra
Uniwersytet Warszawski
Universiteit Utrecht
- Responsible person Paul Leseman
H?GSKOLEN I S?R?ST-NORGE
HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY
Institut de recherche et d'information
ANDRIESSEN JEFFREY ELBERTUS BARTHOLOMEUS
INTERNATIONAL STEP BY STEP ASSOCIATION
ISOTIS addresses the nature, causes and impact of early emerging social and educational inequalities in the context of socioeconomic, cultural and institutional processes. The aim is to contribute to effective policy and practice development to combat inequalities. Quasi-panels and pooled longitudinal datasets will be used to examine the variation in early educational gaps and developmental trajectories across countries, systems and time. To disentangle the complex interactions between characteristics of systems and target groups, ISOTIS will study significant immigrant, indigenous ethnic-cultural and lowincome native groups, associated with persistent educational disadvantages. ISOTIS will examine current resources, experiences, aspirations, needs and well-being of children and parents in these groups in the context of acculturation and integration, and in relation to local and national policies. ISOTIS aims to contribute to effective policy and practice development by generating recommendations and concrete tools for (1) supporting disadvantaged families and communities in using their own cultural and linguistic resources to create safe and stimulating home environments for their children; for (2) creating effective and inclusive pedagogies in early childhood education and care centres and primary schools; for (3)
professionalization of staff, centres and schools to improve quality and inclusiveness; for (4) establishing inter-agency coordination of support services to children and families; and for (5) developing policies to combat educational inequalities.
ISOTIS will develop inter-linked programmes for parents, classrooms and professionals using Virtual Learning Environments for working in linguistically diverse contexts. All this work together is expected to support the education practice and policy field in Europe in meeting the challenges of reducing social and educational inequalities.
Publications
Total number of publications: 24
2024
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Discursive subjugation and the ways out: Narratives of othering among Czech Roma mothers
Romani Studies, year: 2024, volume: 34, edition: 1, DOI
2023
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Biographies of Roma Mothering in Contemporary Czechia
Year: 2023, type:
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Biographies of Roma Mothering in Contemporary Czechia. Exploring Tapestries of Multi-ethnic Gendered Identity in a Marginalised Social Position
Biographical Research and the Meanings of Mothering. Life Choices, Identities and Methods, year: 2023, number of pages: 21 s.
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Predictors of educational aspirations of Roma mothers in Czech Republic, Greece, and Portugal
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF EDUCATION, year: 2023, volume: 26, edition: 4, DOI
2022
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Discursive subjugation and the ways out. Czech Roma mothers narrate three generations of othering experience in Europe
Year: 2022, type:
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The place of religious and non-religious values and beliefs in identities of mothers of young children: Methodological approach and empirical evidence from the European comparative perspective
The Routledge International Handbook of the Place of Religion in Early Childhood Education and Care, year: 2022, number of pages: 19 s.
2021
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Resilience capacity and supportive factors of compulsory education in ethnic minority families: mixed methods study of Czech Roma mothers
Contemporary Social Science, year: 2021, volume: 16, edition: 4, DOI
2020
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Early interventions tackling inequalities experienced by immigrant, low-income, and Roma children in 8 European countries: a critical overview
EUROPEAN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION RESEARCH JOURNAL, year: 2020, volume: 28, edition: 1, DOI
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Je to „jen“ asistentka: Dobrá praxe a spolupráce s asistenty/kami pedagoga v inkluzivním vzdělávání z pohledu praktiků v České republice
Year: 2020, type: Appeared in Conference without Proceedings