Life in the Bonds of Social Exclusion as a Disadvantageous Factor of Education

Abstract

Social exclusion is a phenomenon affecting different spheres of an individual's life, and its consequences are seen at many different levels -economic, social, spatial, cultural and others. Life in the bonds of social exclusion is devastating, especially for children. In the field of education, exclusion is becoming a disadvantageous category that indicates a wide range of causes of school failure. The environment from which children come to schools is naturally of great importance for their educational process. It is therefore necessary to identify obstacles that make it difficult for pupils to learn, as well as phenomena that make children potentially or actually fail in schools. In our research we focus, from a qualitative perspective, on a description of the role of a socially excluded environment, as even a partial determinant that affects the educational path of children who come from such a background. Our aim is to create a complex picture of the barriers that hinder the educational process of pupils and, subsequently, to identify the appropriate areas of support that the pupils need in order to overcome those barriers, and to make them work in the future.