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The so-called nation states have created ethnical minorities. Also due to migration, cultural diversity is the reality. The multicultural society is strongly reproduced in the schools all over Europe. Cultural diversity in the classroom is increasingly recognized as a potential which should not be neglected. The educational system has, above all, to provide all children with equal opportunities. Experts from Finland, the UK, Hungary, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, and other European states, mostly responsible for teacher education, have contributed to this volume with critical, but constructive remarks on the classroom reality in their countries.
This book is valuable reading for academics and practitioners in educational sciences.
List of contents
With contributions by Ebru Aktan, Wolfgang Berg, Ágnes Boreczky, Erzsébet Czachesz, Francesca D'Errico Susana Gonçalves, János Gordon-Györi, Leena Graeffe, Margaret Hearnden, Despina Karakatsanis, Mary Koustelini, Robi Kroflic, John Lalor, Giovanna Leone, Leena Lestinen, Anna Liduma, Tiziana Mastrovito, Carmel Mulcahy, Jordi Pamies-Rovira, Adriana Pantiño-Santos, Sandra Rone, Julia Athena Spinthourakis, Vanita Sundaram, Claudia Vallejo Rubinstein, Ágnes Vámos, Mustafa Yunus Eryaman, Salih Zeki Genc
About the author
Julia Athena Spinthourakis, PhD, is a Tenured Assistant Professor in the Department of Elementary Education, University of Patras, Greece (Hellas), specializing in Multilingual Multicultural Education.
John Lalor is a lecturer and research coordinator in the School of Education Studies at Dublin City University.
Dr. Wolfgang Berg is a Professor for European Studies, which include culture and social policy, crosscultural communication and political education.
Summary
The so-called nation states have created ethnical minorities. Also due to migration, cultural diversity is the reality. The multicultural society is strongly reproduced in the schools all over Europe. Cultural diversity in the classroom is increasingly recognized as a potential which should not be neglected. The educational system has, above all, to provide all children with equal opportunities. Experts from Finland, the UK, Hungary, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, and other European states, mostly responsible for teacher education, have contributed to this volume with critical, but constructive remarks on the classroom reality in their countries.
