The dual expectations gap: divergent perspectives on the educational aspirations of Spanish Roma families

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• dc.contributor.author Hellgren, Zenia
• dc.contributor.author Gabrielli, Lorenzo
• dc.date.accessioned 2024-07-01T08:43:18Z
• dc.date.available 2024-07-01T08:43:18Z
• dc.date.issued 2021
• dc.description.abstract The extremely high rates of school failure among Spanish Roma children are a cause of great concern, and frequently the target of policies and projects both at the local, national and European level. There is still a general perception that the Roma overall lack interest in studies, coherent with the dominant discursive framework that tends to essentialise Roma people and view their practices and choices as primarily motivated by their culture. We challenge this view by offering a more complex account on the educational expectations of Roma families. Based on extensive fieldwork in the Barcelona area in relation to a research project directed by the authors, we found what we defined as a dual expectations gap: on the one hand, the gap between the families’ expectations on their children’s education and the obstacles they encounter for fulfilling these expectations; on the other hand, the gap between the families’ expectations and the schools’ perceptions on the families’ expectations. We argue that the concept of educational expectations needs to be placed in a broader context in order to better understand what lies behind school failure among an ethnic minority group that is racialized and socio-economically disadvantaged.
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• dc.identifier.citation Hellgren Z, Gabrielli L. The dual expectations gap: divergent perspectives on the educational aspirations of Spanish Roma families. J Intercult Stud. 2021;42(2):217-34. DOI: 10.1080/07256868.2021.1883569
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07256868.2021.1883569
• dc.identifier.issn 0725-6868
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/60618
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Taylor & Francis
• dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Intercultural Studies. 2021;42(2):217-34
• dc.rights © This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Intercultural Studies on 3 Mar 2021, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/07256868.2021.1883569
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• dc.subject.keyword Roma inclusion
• dc.subject.keyword Education
• dc.subject.keyword Expectations
• dc.subject.keyword Discrimination
• dc.subject.keyword Racialisation
• dc.title The dual expectations gap: divergent perspectives on the educational aspirations of Spanish Roma families
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