Cultural Diversity in the Classroom

1. Front Matter

   Pages 1-8

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2. Diversity in German Classrooms

   • Wolfgang Berg

   Pages 9-27

3. Multicultural Education in Hungary

   • János Gordon-Györi, Ágnes Boreczky, Erzsébet Czachesz, Ágnes Vámos

   Pages 29-44

4. The Multicultural Class in Greece

   • J. A. Spinthourakis, D. Karakatsanis

   Pages 45-61

5. Intercultural Education from a Portuguese Perspective

   • Susana Gonçalves

   Pages 63-78

6. Moroccan Immigrants at a Secondary School in Catalonia

   • Jordi Pamies-Rovira

   Pages 79-94

7. Curriculum Developments in Diverse Educational Contexts: An Irish Perspective

   • John Lalor, Carmel Mulcahy

   Pages 95-107

8. Towards Multicultural Education in Finland

   • Leena Graeffe, Leena Lestinen

   Pages 109-128

9. When Teachers’ Intervention Makes an Immigrant Child More Dependent

   • Francesca D’Errico, Giovanna Leone, Tiziana Mastrovito

   Pages 129-143

10. Dealing with Multiculturalism in the Spanish Classroom

    • Adriana Patiño-Santos, Claudia Vallejo Rubinstein

    Pages 145-162

11. Multicultural Education in Slovenia

    • Robi Kroflič

    Pages 163-174

12. Multicultural Classrooms: Inclusion without Integration?

    • Mary Koustelini

    Pages 175-185

13. Education for a Diverse Society: The Multicultural Classroom in the UK

    • Margaret Hearnden, Vanita Sundaram

    Pages 187-197

14. Perceptions of the EU and Democratic Values

    • Mustafa Yunus Eryaman, Salih Zeki Genc, Ebru Aktan

    Pages 199-217

15. Citizenship Education in the Multicultural Society of Latvia

    • Anna Liduma, Sandra Rone

    Pages 219-223

16. Back Matter

    Pages 225-227

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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.

• Historische Minderheiten
• Interkulturelles Lernen
• Kulturelle Vielfalt
• Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
• Multilingualismus

• Department of Elementary Education, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

  Julia Athena Spinthourakis

• School of Education Studies, Dublin City University, Dublin

  John Lalor

• University of Applied Sciences Merseburg, Merseburg

  Wolfgang Berg

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.

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