"Sowing Seeds" and Its Efficiency. Case Study about the Tanoda Programme of the Greek Catholic Church in the Huszár District in Nyíregyháza (Hungary)

Resource type
Journal Article
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Title
"Sowing Seeds" and Its Efficiency. Case Study about the Tanoda Programme of the Greek Catholic Church in the Huszár District in Nyíregyháza (Hungary)
Abstract
The general laws of the school career of disadvantaged students have been studied by Hungarian researchers for decades (Kozma 1975, Papp 1997, Liskó 2002, Imre 2002ab, etc.). In Hungary, there are several remedial education programmes for the disadvantaged and talent development programmes for the gifted Many tanodas (special afternoon schools offering extra-curricular activities) were established in Hungary when the country's accession to the European Union brought about an increase in the number of grant opportunities. Scientific interest in the effectiveness of compensatory/ remedial education programmes, and thus tanodas, increased enormously (Lányi 2008, Krémer 2008, Fejes 2014, etc.). Our case study examines the operation of a church-run tanoda in one of the most disadvantaged regions of the country, in an area with Roma majority population in a county seat Local children from 12 elementary schools go to this institution, primarily for remedial education and talent development We conducted our research in the autumn of 2014 at the request of the Hungarian Institute for Educational Research and Development (OFI), as members of the CHERDHungary research group. Our findings are based on the content analysis of the operational documents of the Tanoda (Organizational and Operational Regulations, House Rules, Pedagogical Programme), the analysis of the interviews with the teachers at the Tanoda (English teacher, Hungarian language and literature teacher, identity development coach, personal development coach, teacher of self-knowledge-spiritual guide, and the professional supervisor), and on the data from a focus group interview with 9 children from the Tanoda . Everyone expressing their opinion about the operation of the Tanoda confirmed that the complex activities of the Tanoda do not only help children to catch up, avoid dropping out of school, and even form plans about further education, but they also provide spiritual, psychological, and mental support to the children The environment provided by the Tanoda enables students to realize their human dignity and shape their everyday life, relationships, and future.
Publication
Acta Universitatis Sapientiae. Social Analysis
Volume
5
Issue
2
Pages
127-143
Date
2015
Accessed
2020-11-17
Citation
Inántsy Pap, Á., & Morvai, L. (2015). “Sowing Seeds” and Its Efficiency. Case Study about the Tanoda Programme of the Greek Catholic Church in the Huszár District in Nyíregyháza (Hungary). Acta Universitatis Sapientiae. Social Analysis, 5(2), 127–143. http://193.16.218.141/acta-social/C5-2/social52-02.pdf