Teacher Education in Plural Societies : An International Review

ISBN-13: 9780415697002 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 192 str.

Maurice Craft

Opis

The educational implications of cultural pluralism attracted a good deal of attention in Western societies in the 1970s and 1980s, on the grounds of equality and human rights, maximising national talent, and maintaining social cohesion. Maurice Craft and the international contributors to this book highlight the potential of teacher education, and in this wide-ranging analytical review for its key role in providing for ethnic minority children, in respect of access and achievements, and also for all children to acquire informed and tolerant attitudes. This book makes an important contribution to a small but growing literature, concentrating on initial rather than in-service teacher education, and it brings together papers from experienced specialists from eleven countries worldwide: Australia, Britain, Canada, Israel, Malaysia, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands and the USA. The papers are concerned with the needs both of diverse classrooms and diverse societies, and also consider general principles and comparative perspectives. Of interest to the specialist and non-specialist alike, Teacher Education in Plural Societies: An International Review deals with an important and timely issue - how best to prepare teachers to meet the needs of both minority - and majority - culture pupils who are growing up in plural societies.

Spis treści

Foreword.Acknowledgements. 1.Culture Diversity and Teacher Education Maurice Craft.2 Pluralism and Australian Teacher Education Anne Hickling-Hudson and Marilyn McMeniman 3.Teacher Education for a Multicultural Britain Sally Tomlinson.4 Multicultural Teacher Education in Canada Ratna Ghosh. 5.Practice without Policy: Pluralist Teacher Education in Israel Abraham Yogev 6. Unity in Diversity: Teacher Education in Multicultural Malaysia Molly Lee. 7. Teacher Training and Community Relations in Northern Ireland Seán Fulton and Anthony Gallagher. 8.Teacher Education and Pluralism in South Africa Wally Morrow. 9.Training Teachers for a Multicultural Future in Spain Carmen Gonzalo and Maria Villaneuva.10.Teacher Education in Sweden: An Intercultural Perspective Gunlog Bredänge.11.Teacher Education and Multiculturalism in the Netherlands Gerard de Kruif. 12.Educating Teachers for Cultural Diversity in the United States Ken Zeichner.13.Comparative Perspectives and Paradigms  Keith Watson.Notes and Contributors.Index

O autorze

Maurice Craft