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Roma Diversity, Dynamics Of Family And Community As The Basic Elements Of Social Support In The Educational Life Of Roma Children In Albania

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  • Elisabeta OSMANAJ

    (Aleksander Xhuvani University)

  • Nevila KOÇOLLARI FURXHIU

    (Aleksander Xhuvani University)

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Historically, in Albania, as in other European countries, Roma people have had very low levels of education. Nomadic traditions and distinctive ways of living,poverty and discrimination are some of the main factors that explain this situation. In the 1930s of the last century, describing the Roma nomadism, Hasluck noted that they sometimes "settle in a city for a few months", but then turned back again to "tent life". In these circumstances, the education of children was something difficult. In the life of Roma, Gypsy and pilgrims - everything is about the family. It is the basic unit of social structure that makes up family groups; it is an economic entity in which work is done and a solidarity environment related to work is found; as well as an educational unit that ensures the fact that society reproduces itself and provides security and protection for the individual. In a world of change and unpredictable situations, the family is a feature of sustainability, synonymous with stability. The family is not simply the gathering of individuals within it; is a whole with its rights,an organ composed of members of the family, in solidarity to other families and foreign. Through qualitative method this study will identify the importance of the Romani family in the life of Roma children. The aim of the study is to observe how the relationship within family affects the educational life of Roma children and all relationship within the community.

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  • Elisabeta OSMANAJ & Nevila KOÇOLLARI FURXHIU, 2015. "Roma Diversity, Dynamics Of Family And Community As The Basic Elements Of Social Support In The Educational Life Of Roma Children In Albania," Romanian Economic Business Review, Romanian-American University, vol. 10(1), pages 89-98, March.
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