Community Education: Connecting Pupils' and Mainstream Schoolteachers' Perceptions of Community-Based Educational Initiatives

• In Event: Marriott Roundtable Session Seven
  In Roundtable Session: Action Research as a Vehicle to Investigate and Support Underrepresented Students and Communities (Table 11)

Abstract

This study contributes to research on ethnic educational inequality by deepening the understanding of education initiatives organised by ethnic-cultural minority communities. A univariate analysis was performed on data from an original survey conducted in Flanders in which 816 teachers and 3037 pupils from 60 primary schools were asked about their experience with these initiatives. The results showcase that community-based education initiatives (CBEI) are widely attended by ethnic minority youth, but also that mainstream schoolteachers are rarely informed or aware of their existence. Little to no similar larger-scale research exists that maps the relationship between CBEI and mainstream schools. For Flanders-a region marked by high educational inequality- this also provides invaluable insight to help counteract persisting educational inequalities.

Authors

• Blansefloer Coudenys, University of Antwerp
  Presenting Author

• Graziela Dekeyser, KU Leuven
  Non-Presenting Author

• Orhan Agirdag, KU Leuven
  Non-Presenting Author

• Noel Clycq, University of Antwerp
  Non-Presenting Author