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- Title
ПОДОБРУВАЊЕ НА КОМУНИКАЦИЈАТА ВО МУЛТИЕТНИЧКА УЧИЛНИЦА ПРЕКУ ВОН-НАСТАВНИ УЧИЛИШНИ АКТИВНОСТИ СО ЕТНИЧКИ МЕШАНИ ГРУПИ НА УЧЕНИЦИ ПО АНГЛИСКИ ЈАЗИК
- Authors
Дулевска, Марија
- Abstract
The concept of multiculturalism comprises numerous notions like nation, recognition, identity, rights, freedom and acknowledgment, but in its essence, it is a recognition of minority group rights within a broader society with a particular majority population. Multiculturalism can be viewed as both an ideology and a set of policies. Understood as a policy, in most cases multiculturalism represents the State’s attempts for a harmonious life and peaceful co-existence of diverse communities within a democratic and pluralist society. As such, it denotes the conditions of the State and the relationships among ethnic minority groups. At a more general level, multiculturalism, understood both as an ideology and as a practice, deals with identity politics and the politics of recognition. It comprises the concepts and phenomena of acceptance, co-existence, respect, acknowledgement, unity, awareness, mental reconstruction and transformation. The Republic of North Macedonia is a multiethnic country. People should learn to respect each other and to develop the capacity to appreciate others regardless of their cultural background. Communication at all levels is an imperative goal for all the participants in the process. However, these communication skills need to be initiated at an early age and introduced in the primary education of pupils. The mutual collaboration between OOU Blaze Koneski - Prilep, with a predominantly Macedonian population, and Redze Rushit Zajazi Kicevo, with predominantly Albanian population, show the capacity for mixed groups of students to work together, to cooperate and communicate in constructive ways. In addition to being direct and verbal, communication can also be spatial, visual and collaborative through movements and creations. Through mutual workshops and shared events of the learners, different mutual products were created as key results and outcomes of the collaboration. Many students, under the influence of their parents and peers, unconsciously become judgmental and prejudiced. Through the workshops, students learned about the perils of discrimination, hence developing the skills preventing discrimination and learning to cooperate. Modern education of the 9th grade includes interethnic education in the school curriculum. Communication needs to happen on all levels, among parents from both schools, among parents and teachers, and among teachers of students from both schools. The results and the mutual products are to be prescribed in the next years’ school Annual Plan and at a higher level, they can be included in the Bureau of Education’s official curriculum documents for all the schools in the Republic of North Macedonia. The key role of the Educational Inspectorate must not be neglected; they are official representatives who monitor the whole process and provide official remarks for improvement in the inspectorate reports every third year due to the Integral evaluation that each school is lawfully required to undergo. Following the implementation of the joint plans, evidence and products are currently being collected in the form of records, reports, hours worked, videos and audio materials that are again submitted in the form of reports from the implemented interethnic activities to the relevant authorities. The ultimate goal of this paper is to propose to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of North Macedonia to become an integral part of the future curriculum and basic education program where teachers from different ethnic communities will jointly plan and submit joint curricula working with groups of students from different ethnic communities.
- Publication
Knowledge: International Journal, 2020, Vol 41, Issue 2, p391
- ISSN
2545-4439
- Publication type
Article