Program Allows Gypsy Students To Improve School Performance, Integration

Scholars from the University of Granada, Spain, and the National University of Comahue, Argentina, designed an educational intervention program that achieved the integration of 100% of gypsy students in their Secondary School Centre, in the province of Granada. The program ran for two academic years and was proven to be successful in improving gypsy students’ school performance and in attaining full integration with their schoolmates.

The research was conducted by Prof. Sonia Cristina Iguacel and supervised by Leonor Buendía Eisman, from the Department of Educational Research Methods and Diagnosis of the University of Granada. As mentioned above, the author worked directly with 1st-year ESO teachers and low-performance gypsy students with school absenteeism and discipline problems. These students ¬–who are the target of a Centre’s specific educational plan, Plan de Compensación Educativa¬– had the performance level of a 7 or 8 year-old pupil.

During the study, Iguacel employed different information gathering methods: a field journal, thorough interviews, photographs, videos, analysis of documents issued at the Centre, etc

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