"The idea for this book grew out of the Intercultural Education Conference held in Verona, Italy, in 2005"--Preface.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
A global invitation: toward the expansion of dialogue, reflection and creative engagement on intercultural and multicultural education / Carl A. Grant and Stefan Brueck
Intercultural and multicultural education: epistemological and semantic aspects / Agostino Portera
The intercultural perspective and its development through cooperation with the Council of Europe / Micheline Rey-von Allmen
Comments on intercultural education in German guidelines and curricula / Cristina Allemann-Ghionda
Intercultural education in post-Communist countries / Krystyna M. Bleszynska
Cross-cultural education in Greece: history and prospects / Soula Mitakidou
Intercultural education: the theory deficit and the world crisis / David Coulby
Intercultural education in Japan: foreign children and their education / Maki Shibuya
Becoming American: intercultural education and European immigrants / Cherry A. McGee Banks
Philosophical and historical foundations of intercultural education in Mexico / Fernanda Pineda and Hilary Landorf
The development of multicultural education in Taiwan: overview and reflection / Meihui Liu and Tzu-Bin Lin
Ethnicity and the state of multiculturalism in the Malaysian education system / Hazri Jamil and Hairul Nizam Ismail
Multicultural education in a color-blind society / Carl E. James
Multiculturalism in South Africa: in the shadow of the rainbow / Dennis Francis and Crispin Hemson
Cultural transformation of educational discourse in China: perspectives of multiculturalism/interculturalism / Zongjie Wu and Chunyan Han
The politics of inclusion and the search for the "other": the international education policies and the politics of "difference" in Pakistan / Ayesha Khurshid
Multiculturalism in the Nordic countries / Johanna Lasonen
Multicultural and intercultural education in Spain / Teresa Aguado and Beatriz Malik
Citizenship and intercultural education in an international and comparative context / Jagdish S. Gundara
Moving from multicultural to intercultural education in Australian higher education / Valerie A. Clifford
Interculturalism, multiculturalism and diversity as social and educational policies in Chile, 1990-2008 / Carmen Montecinos and Guillermo Williamson.