Edukacja mniejszości w Polsce. Sytuacja obecna, cele i wyzwania

Abstract

The article relates to the issue of minority education in Poland. It raises the issues related to the education of children belonging to both national and ethnic minorities, as well as issues related to education of foreign children, including children of migrants, refugees and children from mixed marriages. It also indicates documents due to which foreign children and children belonging to minorities and ethnic minorities in Poland have the right to education and cultural identity. The theoretical approach and concept of cultural identity is submitted, which is understood as the most important kind of collective identity, which is a historically conditioned, cultural method of behavior by a given human collectivity. It was assumed, in accordance with modern sociological concepts, that identity is not a state but a process. The following sections of the article present subjects related: the right to learn and respect the cultural identity of children, education of national and ethnic minorities in Poland and the education of foreign children in Poland, in the context of multicultural education opportunities and threats. The difference in the approach to education of children who belongs to national and ethnic minorities and foreign children is being portrayed. The article presents issues of stereotypes and prejudices in the context of children. The issue related to the possibility of employing Roma assistants at and cultural assistants is raised.