The subject of this thesis is to describe the approach of the state and the non-profit sector to education of Romani children in Eastern Slovakia. The theoretical part is focused on the approach of state, from pre-school through elementary school. The second chapter is devoted to the concept of social disadvantages and definitions of children coming from this type of environment. It clarifies known concepts such as zero class, preparatory class, teacher assistant and a full-day educational system, related to primary education and pupils from socially disadvantaged environment. The practical part is specifically dedicated to a single non-profit organization working in eastern Slovakia, ETP Slovakia - Center for Sustainable Development, with a description of the organization and their projects. Qualitative research was conducted using semi-structured interviews. The aim of this thesis is to describe the activities of five staff members of the NGO ETP Slovakia, their preferred styles of work with children and to find out if they themselves see the benefits of non-profit organizations within the village Velka Ida. This thesis should be helpful for workers in the field of education of Roma and socially disadvantaged children, helping them to become familiar with the concepts and principles associated...

La médiation scolaire, mesure phare en Roumanie pour favoriser l’accès des enfants roms à la scolarisation, vise une minorité dont le niveau socio-économique est bien inférieur à la moyenne nationale, et qui a dans le passé souffert de mesures destructrices allant de l’esclavage jusqu’à l’extermination pendant la période nazie. La recherche, qui étudie les enjeux, les risques et les dérives de la médiation en utilisant l’écosystème de Bronfenbrenner (Bronfenbrenner, 2005) met en lumière le décalage entre l’attente de l’institution scolaire à l’égard du médiateur et la réalité avec ses problèmes systémiques d’ordre politique, social et économique. La médiation révèle les causes des blessures sociales et met en lumière les raisons les plus profondes des inégalités et des ruptures. Pour une médiation efficace, il faut que les institutions s’ouvrent au changement au sein de leur propre philosophie de fonctionnement et au partage du pouvoir, et soient prêtes à trouver des solutions et mesures structurelles adaptées aux défis posés par la situation scolaire des enfants roms. / School mediation, a flagship measure in Romania to promote Roma children's access to education, targets a minority whose socio-economic level is well below the national average, and which has in the past suffered from destructive measures ranging from slavery up to extermination during the Nazi period. This research, which examines the stakes, risks and side effects of mediation using the Bronfenbrenner ecosystem (Bronfenbrenner, 2005) highlights the gap between school’s expectations with regard to the mediator and the reality with its systemic political, social and economic problems. Mediation reveals the causes of social grievances and highlights the deeper explanations of inequalities and disruptions. For mediation to be effective, institutions need to be open to change within their own operating philosophy and to power sharing, and ready to find appropriate structural solutions and measures to address the challenges posed by the school situation of Roma children.

The work deals with the acquisition of vocabulary in the period of advanced language development in second-level primary school pupils from different socio-economic and socio- cultural backgrounds. The theoretical section summarises the basic findings as well as the existing empirical research, focusing in particular on the influence of the family environment of the individual on his/her linguistic development. It provides a complex picture of the education of Roma children in the Czech Republic at this point in time. The investigative section presents independent research into the vocabulary of pupils, with regard to selected word groups in the acquisition corpus SKRIPT2015. The texts of pupils attending schools in socially-deprived areas, or in areas under threat of social deprivation and with a strong Roma presence, are compared with the texts of pupils attending average schools. On the basis of this comparison, a picture emerges of the impact of different socio-economic and socio-cultural environments on the written language of pupils, as well as the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of the existing support mechanisms provided by educational institutions. KEYWORDS acquisition of language, advanced language development, expansion of vocabulary, education of Roma children, acquisition corpus, SKRIPT2015