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<italic><bold>Introduction:</bold></italic> The Roma Mentor Project has originally been the experimental educational model of Open Society Institute for multiply disadvantaged Roma and non-Roma youth in the period 2006-2013. Following the closure of OSI’s experimental and alternative educational projects, it has been run further, during the 2016/17 academic year, with the support of the Norway Grant, by the Bhim Rao Association (located in Northern Hungary).
<italic><bold>Purpose:</bold></italic> The Roma Mentor Project aims to establish the pedagogical model of the intellectual Roma friend in order to effectively overcome the sociocultural disadvantages of the Roma and non-Roma children with multiply disadvantages.
<italic><bold>Methods:</bold></italic> Throughout the program a Roma mentor may be a Roma intellectual, artist or well-known figure from the media, whose primary goal is to act as a role model for the Roma children through presenting their own personal and professional life, as well as to become a friend of the mentored.
<italic><bold>Conclusions:</bold></italic> A mentor from Roma origins appears during the project as a Roma intellectual friend in multiply disadvantaged Roma and non-Roma children’s lives, which is especially true considering that the Roma mentor draws tools of socialization from Roma culture.
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Introduction: The Roma Mentor Project has originally been the experimental educational model of Open Society Institute for multiply disadvantaged Roma and non-Roma youth in the period 2006-2013. Following the closure of OSI’s experimental and alternative educational projects, it has been run further, during the 2016/17 academic year, with the support of the Norway Grant, by the Bhim Rao Association (located in Northern Hungary).
Purpose: The Roma Mentor Project aims to establish the pedagogical model of the intellectual Roma friend in order to effectively overcome the sociocultural disadvantages of the Roma and non-Roma children with multiply disadvantages.
Methods: Throughout the program a Roma mentor may be a Roma intellectual, artist or well-known figure from the media, whose primary goal is to act as a role model for the Roma children through presenting their own personal and professional life, as well as to become a friend of the mentored.
Conclusions: A mentor from Roma origins appears during the project as a Roma intellectual friend in multiply disadvantaged Roma and non-Roma children’s lives, which is especially true considering that the Roma mentor draws tools of socialization from Roma culture.

Roma Mentor Project: The Roma Intellectual Friend Model

Acta Educationis Generalis

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Introduction: The Roma Mentor Project has originally been the experimental educational model of Open Society Institute for multiply disadvantaged Roma and...

Roma Mentor Project: The Roma Intellectual Friend Model

Published Online: Jun 12, 2023

Page range: 120 - 130

Received: Jan 23, 2023

Accepted: Feb 27, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/atd-2023-0017

Keywords
Roma, education, pedagogy, innovation, mentor

© 2023 Péter Bogdán, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Roma Mentor Project: The Roma Intellectual Friend Model

Published Online: Jun 12, 2023

Page range: 120 - 130

Received: Jan 23, 2023

Accepted: Feb 27, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/atd-2023-0017

KeywordsRoma, education, pedagogy, innovation, mentor

© 2023 Péter Bogdán, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Roma, education, pedagogy, innovation, mentor