Intercultural Education

Derek Woodrow, Gajendra K. Verma, Maria Beatriz Rocha-Trindade, Giovanna Campani, Christopher Bagley

• 1. Introduction and Overview. Part I: Educational Policy and Theories of Identity. 2. Intercultural Education: Policies within Europe. 3. The Epistemological Status of Theoretical Beliefs. 4. Social Construction of Theoretical Beliefs. 5. Inequality and Intercultural Education. 6. Issues and Problems of Representation in a Comparative European Context. Part II: Interculturalism and Language Issues. 7. Theory, Language and Socio-political Perspectives. 8. Language Diversity and Intercultural Education. Part III. Interculturalism and Multicultural Education. 9. Multicultural Education and the Concept of a Culture: A View from Social Anthropology. 10. Intercultural Education in the United Kingdom. 11. Intercultural Education: The Reality in Italy. Part IV: Interculturalism, Curriculum and Teacher Education. 12. Intercultural Education in Portugal. 13. Intercultural Education and Teacher Training. 14. Comparative Issues in Teacher Training Programmes, planning in Developing countries. 15. Cultural Diversity, Curriculum Development and Support. 16. Citizenship, National Identity and the Europeanisation of the Curriculum. 17. Intercultural Issues in Health Education. Part V: Interculturalism and Intergroup Relations. 18. Classroom Relationships in Three Cultures: Comparative Classroom Ambience in the UK, France and Lithuania. 19. Conflict Between Social Groups: Cognitive Psychology and the Reduction of Conflict between Groups. 20. Multi-Ethnic Marriage and Interculturalism in Britain and the Netherlands. Part VI: Conclusions. 21. Pluralisms and the Future of Multicultural Education.