Mapping the Broad Field of Multicultural and Intercultural Education Worldwide

Mapping the Broad Field of Multicultural and Intercultural Education Worldwide

Author: Gunther Dietz

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2012-12-07

Total Pages: 590

ISBN-13: 144384408X

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The issues which are discussed in the 29 chapters of this volume address core matters with respect to modern diverse societies. The most important relate to the following: the societal needs of migrant populations and the educational needs of their children; the exclusivist policies which usually impact upon migrant groups; the need to enrich school texts and curricula with new intercultural and citizenship dimensions; the importance of integrating the notion of Paideia within the school ethos and educational programmes. This volume has a dual aim. The first aim is to envisage the field of Multicultural and Intercultural Education from different disciplines at the international level, describing the new educational and social conditions that have been created by recent migration and identifying new trends in the field. The second aim is to highlight the importance of Multicultural and Intercultural Education in the development of a new citizen, who moves around the world, interacting with different people, and has a dynamic and flexible identity with polymorphic personal, social and cultural characteristics – a new intercultural persona. To sum up, this volume highlights that authors coming from different continents share some common ideas and tend to believe in the notion of Intercultural/Multicultural Education as a useful new dimension within the dynamics of many disciplines, as a new inter-disciplinary approach that is embedded within them and which characterizes modern societies.


Traveller, Nomadic and Migrant Education

Traveller, Nomadic and Migrant Education

Author: Patrick Alan Danaher

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-04-10

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1135893217

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Traveller, Nomadic and Migrant Education presents international accounts of approaches to educating mobile communities such as circus and fairground people, herders, hunters, Roma and Travellers. The chapters focus on three key dimensions of educational change: the client group moving from school to school; those schools having their demographics changed and seeking to change the mobile learners; and these learners contributing to fundamental change to the nature of schooling. The book brings together decades of research into the challenges and opportunities presented by mobile learners interacting with educational systems predicated on fixed residence. It identifies several obstacles to those learners receiving an equitable education, including negative stereotypes and centuries-old prejudice. Yet the book also explores a number of educational innovations that bring mobility and schooling together, ranging from specialised literacy programs and distance and online education to mobile schools and specially trained teachers. These innovations allow us to think differently about how education can and should be, for mobile and non-mobile learners alike.


Diversidad cultural e igualdad escolar

Diversidad cultural e igualdad escolar

Author: Juan Antonio Gil Pascual

Publisher: Ministerio de Educación

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9788436932492

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Investigación que combina reflexión teórica y comprobación empírica, en relación con la atención a la diversidad cultural en la enseñanza obligatoria.


Anthropologies of Education

Anthropologies of Education

Author: Kathryn M. Anderson-Levitt

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2011-10-01

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 0857452746

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Despite international congresses and international journals, anthropologies of education differ significantly around the world. Linguistic barriers constrain the flow of ideas, which results in a vast amount of research on educational anthropology that is not published in English or is difficult for international readers to find. This volume responds to the call to attend to educational research outside the United States and to break out of “metropolitan provincialism.” A guide to the anthropologies and ethnographies of learning and schooling published in German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Slavic languages, Japanese, and English as a second language, show how scholars in Latin America, Japan, and elsewhere adapt European, American, and other approaches to create new traditions. As the contributors show, educators draw on different foundational research and different theoretical discussions. Thus, this global survey raises new questions and casts a new light on what has become a too-familiar discipline in the United States.


Theory and Best Practice Models in Educational Institutions in Spain and Italy

Theory and Best Practice Models in Educational Institutions in Spain and Italy

Author: Esteban Vázquez Cano

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2018-06-11

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 1527512894

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The current societal and social reality in Europe is undergoing far-reaching changes due to the phenomenon of migration. Educational policy and pedagogical practice play a key role in the academic support of immigrant children in schools. In this volume, the connections between societal change and educational issues in relation to two southern European nations, Spain and Italy, are analyzed. The stories of intercultural communication and integration of these two case studies focus on five themes: linguistic diversity, the performance gap, teacher training programs and school culture, the role of music education in multicultural and multilingual contexts, and the development of a supranational education as an improvement for multicultural education. The volume is of particular relevance for educational researchers, as well as for the interested general reader. It takes the reader to public and private entities in Italy and Spain, where intercultural education is part of societal discourse, and serves as a sounding board for the discussion of developments in other parts of Europe with similar demographics.


Innovation and Evolution in Higher Education

Innovation and Evolution in Higher Education

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Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2024-10-02

Total Pages: 553

ISBN-13: 0854668969

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Higher education fulfills vital functions in talent cultivation, scientific research, social service, and innovation. Its innovation and transformation play a critical role in societal development. In recent years, countries around the world have been actively exploring effective pathways for the innovation and transformation of higher education. This book capitalizes on this momentum, summarizing the theoretical and practical advancements concerning higher education reform and innovation in various countries and regions. It emphasizes the significance of higher education in regional development, how the learning sciences lead to talent cultivation in higher education, and the theories and practices of student development in higher education, providing valuable insights into higher education reform and innovation.


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Publisher: Ministerio de Educación

Published:

Total Pages: 281

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Intercultural Education in the European Context

Intercultural Education in the European Context

Author: Marco Catarci

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-03-09

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1317114663

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This book offers a comparative analysis of the intercultural theories and practices developed in the European context. Bringing together work on the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Greece, The Netherlands and Sweden, it examines specific approaches to intercultural education. Structured around a series of core questions concerning the main features of diverse groups of migrants present within a country and within schools, the major issues raised by scientific research on the presence of migrant students, and the adoption of relevant educational policies and practices to address these issues - together with examples of best practice in each case - Intercultural Education in the European Context explores the strengths and weaknesses of the intercultural education approach adopted in each context. Offering a broad framework for the study of intercultural education as adopted in European settings, the book highlights the contribution of education to the development of a fair, democratic and pluralistic Europe. As such, it will appeal to scholars and policy makers in the field of sociology, migration, education and intercultural relations.