The education of members of the Czech national minority based on the example of Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević Elementary School in Zagreb

Cilj ovoga rada jest dobiti uvid u specifičnosti obrazovanja pripadnika češke nacionalne manjine po Modelu C. U teorijskom dijelu se prikazuju zakoni koji pripadnicima nacionalnih manjina omogućuju pravo na odgoj i obrazovanja na svom jeziku te kako se u Hrvatskoj, kao multikulturalnoj državi, provodi njihovo obrazovanje. Istraživanje je kvalitativnog tipa i provedeno je s nastavnicom predmeta Češki jezik i kultura te s učenicima od prvog do osmog razreda osnovne škole. Podaci su prikupljeni promatranjem nastave te intervjuiranjem nastavnice metodom polustrukturiranog intervjua. Rezultati pokazuju da su specifičnosti Češke dopunske škole Češke besede Zagreb to što je to inkluzivna škola, škola u kojoj je svatko prihvaćen i gdje se djeca različitih sposobnosti u heterogenim skupinama zajedno igraju i uče.The purpose of this study is to give insight into the specificities of education of members of the Czech national minority based on the “C Model”. The theoretical part provides an explanation of the laws pertaining to national minorities' right to education in their native language and it explains the education process in multicultural Croatia. This is a qualitative research conducted in collaboration with the teacher of the subject “Czech Language and Culture” and pupils from first through eighth grade of elementary school. Data was collected upon observing the class and interviewing the teacher using the semi-structured interview method. The results show that the Czech Supplementary School of the Czech Beseda Zagreb is an inclusive school where everyone is accepted and where children of different abilities play and learn together in heterogeneous groups