Published: 2023-12-25

Support for Children Coming from Ukraine Based on Analysis of Education Board Websites in Poland

Anita Garbat , Agnieszka Szplit
Pedagogical Forum
Section: Topic
https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2023.2.09

Abstract

After the outbreak of the war between Russia and Ukraine the Polish government took immediate action to accept and help the children from the areas affected by the armed conflict. Under the Polish law, every underaged foreigner child has the right for free education and psychological and pedagogical assistance. The aim of the article is to establish what information about support for children coming from Ukraine was published in the first weeks of the war on websites of the sixteen school boards (all) in Poland. The authors used the netnography and the document analysis method for gathering and analyzing data. The research identified three main sources of support: by governmental institutions, by non-governmental organizations as well as by volunteers. The forms of support are both individual activities (advice, diagnoses, consultations) and collective activities (workshops, training, conferences). The teachers, pedagogues and psychologists supporting the migrant children and families need to have high intercultural competences, which are crucial for intercultural dialogue.

Keywords:

migration, war in Ukraine, psychological-pedagogical assistance, education board websites, intercultural competences, dialogue

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Garbat, A., & Szplit, A. (2023). Support for Children Coming from Ukraine Based on Analysis of Education Board Websites in Poland. Pedagogical Forum, 13(2), 125–135. https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2023.2.09

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