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This edited collection highlights the diversity of perspectives within the broad field of intercultural education, focusing on education in modern multicultural societies, as well as exploring the role of migrant populations as modern citizens.
This book was originally published as a special issue of
Intercultural Education.
List of contents
1. Intercultural education: conceptual and empirical challenges in a new age Nektaria Palaiologou Part 1: Conceptual contributions 2. Ancient Athenian democratic knowledge and citizenship: connectivity and intercultural implications Jagdish S. Gundara 3. Educating citizens in diverse societies James A. Banks 4. Intercultural education and the crisis of globalisation: some reflections David Coulby 5. The modern intercultural persona and civitas: tracing the path back to the ancient Greek Demoi Nektaria Palaiologou 6. Partitions, identities and intercultural education: an exploration of some key issues Leslie Bash Part 2: Empirical Studies 7. School leadership and ethnic diversity: approaching the challenge Fred Carl Andersen and Eli Ottesen 8. Students’ reactions to a group project in a university English-as-a-foreign-language class for cultural understanding Kumiko Fushino 9. Music and intercultural dialogue rehearsing life performance at school Maria de São José Côrte-Real 10. The relevance of multilingualism for teachers and immigrant parents in early childhood education and care in Germany and in France Nathalie Thomauske 11. School, cultural diversity, multiculturalism, and contact Camilla Pagani, Francesco Robustelli and Cristina Martinelli Examples of best practice 12. The educational program Zajedno Jaci (Stronger Together) in Croatia Sanja Španja
About the author
Nektaria Palaiologou is Assistant Professor in Intercultural Education in the Department of Early Childhood Education, School of Education, at the University of Western Macedonia (UoWM), Greece. Currently, she is an elected board member of the International Association for Intercultural Education (IAIE) and serves as Associate Editor of the journal, Intercultural Education. She also directs the Hellenic Association for Intercultural Education (HAIE), an official chapter of IAIE in Greece, focusing on research in the direction of Intercultural and Human Rights Education for the following teams: migrants, Roma, minorities, refugees.
Summary
This edited collection highlights the diversity of perspectives within the broad field of intercultural education, focusing on education in modern multicultural societies, as well as exploring the role of migrant populations as modern citizens. This book was originally published as a special issue of Intercultural Education.
