Development of Democratic Culture through Contents about the Roma in Classroom Teaching – Students’ Perception

Aleksandra Trbojević,

Biljana Jeremić

University of Novi Sad (Serbia)

Hadž Živorad Milenović

University of Pristina – Kosovska Mitrovica (Serbia)

Bojan Lazić

University of Novi Sad (Serbia)

https://doi.org/10.53656/ped2025-9.02

Abstract. The research problem is the contribution of content about Roma in classroom teaching to the development of democratic culture of students in the third and fourth grades of primary school. The research started from the general assumption that content about Roma in classroom teaching significantly contributes to the development of democratic culture of students but that it is insufficiently represented in the content of classroom teaching. It also started from the specific assumptions that the research will determine the optimum number of lessons in which content about Roma is taught; identified factors that, according to students’ assessments, determine the learning of content about Roma in younger grades of primary school; and how such student assessments are influenced by certain demographic characteristics of students (gender, grade they attend, regularity of class attendance and success in learning). The research was conducted The research was conducted in the Sombor area in April 2024 on a sample of 104 students. Data collected by Scaler – USR-RDKU (a  = .771) and processed with descriptive statistics, factor analysis, Mann Whitney U test and analysis of variance confirmed all assumed hypotheses. The research results are presented in the form of conclusions and pedagogical implications are given.

Keywords: development of democratic culture, getting to know diversity, school, classroom teaching, contents about Roma

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