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Intercultural Approaches to Education

From Theory to Practice

  • Introduce central concepts used in intercultural and multicultural education
  • Includes national case studies to illustrate concepts introduced throughout the book.
  • Includes essential information about the implementing of multicultural education in schools.
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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
  2. The Historical and Theoretical Foundations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The Advent of Intercultural Approaches in Education

      • Abdeljalil Akkari, Myriam Radhouane
      Pages 3-17Open Access
    3. International Migrations and the Management of Identity by the State

      • Abdeljalil Akkari, Myriam Radhouane
      Pages 19-30Open Access
    4. Race, Racism and Anti-racism

      • Abdeljalil Akkari, Myriam Radhouane
      Pages 31-41Open Access
    5. Key Concepts for Intercultural Approaches

      • Abdeljalil Akkari, Myriam Radhouane
      Pages 43-60Open Access
  3. Back Matter

    Pages 61-61
  4. National Experiences: Comparison, Convergences and Divergencies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
    2. Multicultural Education in the United States

      • Abdeljalil Akkari, Myriam Radhouane
      Pages 65-78Open Access
    3. Multicultural Education in Canada

      • Abdeljalil Akkari, Myriam Radhouane
      Pages 79-93Open Access
    4. Intercultural Education in Brazil

      • Abdeljalil Akkari, Myriam Radhouane
      Pages 95-104Open Access
    5. Intercultural Education in Switzerland

      • Abdeljalil Akkari, Myriam Radhouane
      Pages 105-115Open Access
    6. Intercultural Education in France

      • Abdeljalil Akkari, Myriam Radhouane
      Pages 117-128Open Access
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 129-130
  6. Debates and Educational Actions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
    2. Awareness and Appreciation of Linguistic Diversity

      • Abdeljalil Akkari, Myriam Radhouane
      Pages 133-146Open Access
    3. Global Citizenship Education

      • Abdeljalil Akkari, Myriam Radhouane
      Pages 163-171Open Access
    4. The Role of the Teacher in Promoting Intercultural Approaches

      • Abdeljalil Akkari, Myriam Radhouane
      Pages 173-182Open Access
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 183-183

About this book

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 emergenceof global citizenship education and the key role of teachers in intercultural approaches.

This is an open access book.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'éducation, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    Abdeljalil Akkari, Myriam Radhouane

About the authors

Abdeljalil Akkari is professor and director of a research group on international education at the University of Geneva. He is also a regular consultant for UNESCO and other international organizations (Swiss cooperation agency, European Union). He was the Dean for research at the Higher Pedagogical Institute HEP-BEJUNE (Bienne, Switzerland) and assistant professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (Baltimore, United States). His major experiences and publications include studies on international cooperation, educational planning, multicultural education, teacher training and educational inequalities. His main research interests are centered currently on educational policy, internationalization of universities, teacher education and reforms of educational systems in a comparative and international perspective. 

Myriam Radhouane is a postdoctoral researcher at University of Geneva.  Before joining an academic career, she was trained as an elementary school teacher. Today, her work mostly focuses on teacher training and teacher practices regarding intercultural education and social justice.  In this respect, she is interested in the cultural background of teachers, in pedagogical practices with students from cultural minorities, in activities that maintain and promote mother tongues and recently preservice teachers' international mobility. She participates in international and comparative studies regarding intercultural education and teacher training.  

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Intercultural Approaches to Education

  • Book Subtitle: From Theory to Practice

  • Authors: Abdeljalil Akkari, Myriam Radhouane

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70825-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-70824-5Published: 01 March 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-70827-6Published: 13 August 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-70825-2Published: 28 February 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 213

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Educational Policy and Politics, International and Comparative Education, Sociology of Education, Education, general

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