Intercultural Approaches to Education From Theory to Practice

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer Nature 2022
• Subjects: Education; Educational strategies & policy; Assimilation through Education; Bilingual Education; Brazil and Intercultural Education; Canada and Intercultural Education; Diversity in Education; Ethnic Groups in Education; Ethnocentrism in Education; France and Intercultural Education; Global Citizenship Education; Integration and Education; Intercultural Education; Multicultural Education; Multilingualism and Education; Open Access; Racism and Education; Religious Diversity; Social Justice and Education; Switzerland and Intercultural Education; Teacher Education; United States and Intercultural Education
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication

 This open access book provides an analysis of contemporary societies and schools shaped by cultural diversity, globalization and migration. This diversity is necessarily reflected in education systems and requires the promotion of intercultural approaches able to improve learning processes and the quality of education. From an international and comparative perspective, this book first presents theoretical and conceptual foundations for seriously considering cultural diversity. The book also compares intercultural approaches and debates generated in countries as diverse as the United States, Canada, Brazil, Switzerland and France. For each national context, the book addresses both the historical roots of intercultural approaches and the concrete initiatives driven by educational policies for their implementation in schools and classrooms. Finally, the book presents discussions surrounding the treatment of linguistic or religious diversity in schools, the emergence of global citizenship education and the key role of teachers in intercultural approaches. This is an open access book.