"Starting from recent debates in North America about possible accommodations to meet the concerns of non-liberal religious groups, the book goes on to examine several issues centred on education in culturally-diverse societies. Neil Burtonwood argues persuasively that the work o…
The author provides an analysis of the relevance of British philosopher Isaiah Berlin's writing to education, particularly on the apparently conflicting aims of liberal pluralism and multiculturalism in schools.
Many schools in developed countries have children and adolescents from a variety of ethnic, linguistic, religious and cultural backgrounds. They relate to each other in various degrees of encounter that range from harmony to hostility. The issue of how a school can foster inter-…
Handbook of intercultural training analyzes with depth and clarity regions of the world where intercultural issues of the 20th century have heightened - including Central and South America, Europe, China, Eastern Europe, Russia, and Israel. Sexuality is also explored as a type o…
Handbook of intercultural training analyzes with depth and clarity regions of the world where intercultural issues of the 20th century have heightened - including Central and South America, Europe, China, Eastern Europe, Russia, and Israel. Sexuality is also explored as a type o…
Multiculturalism is one of the most widely discussed concepts in education today. Now, educators, university students, scholars, or anyone interested in multiculturalism can turn to the Dictionary of Multicultural Education to gain further information on and understanding of thi…
The goal of this chapter is to present some new ways of conceptualizing linguistic competence in relation to intercultural education. With the impact of globalization, immigration, new technologies, and the competitiveness of national and international markets, multilingualism r…
