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From Interdependence, to Dependence and Independence

Home and School Learning for Traveller Children

University of Edinburgh betty.jordan{at}ed.ac.uk

Travellers are the most discriminated against group within the European Union. Empirical research on their situation within schools is minimal, yet policy, supported by substantial funds, has been developed throughout Europe, largely focused on issues of ethnicity and anti-racist approaches. This article, based on 10 years of research in Scotland and an analysis of the UK and EU approaches, reviews the mismatch between Traveller cultures and their schooling experience. Schools ignore and devalue the children's home learning of interdependence and independence and offer only learned dependence and institutional exclusion, leading to lowered self-esteem, high absenteeism and early drop-out.

Key Words: exclusion • home learning • interrupted learners • Travellers

Childhood, Vol. 8, No. 1, 57-74 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/0907568201008001004


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