Intercultural Education in the European Context

This book offers a comparative analysis of the intercultural theories and practices developed in the European context. Bringing together work on the United Kingdom France Germany Italy Spain Greece The Netherlands and Sweden it examines specific approaches to intercultural education. Structured around a series of core questions concerning the main features of diverse groups of migrants present within a country and within schools the major issues raised by scientific research on the presence of migrant students and the adoption of relevant educational policies and practices to address these issues - together with examples of best practice in each case - Intercultural Education in the European Context explores the strengths and weaknesses of the intercultural education approach adopted in each context. Offering a broad framework for the study of intercultural education as adopted in European settings the book highlights the contribution of education to the development of a fair democratic and pluralistic Europe. As such it will appeal to scholars and policy makers in the field of sociology migration education and intercultural relations.