Teacher Education in Plural Societies. An International Review.

Overview & Synopsis

The 13 chapters in this volume, contributed by specialists from 11 countries, deal with how best to prepare teachers to meet the needs of both minority- and majority-culture pupils who are growing up in plural societies. The chapter titles are: (1) Cultural 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 (Sean 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 Villanueva); (10) Teaching Education in Sweden: An Intercultural Perspective (Gunlog Bredange); (11) Teacher Education and Multiculturalism in The Netherlands (Gerard de Kruif); (12) Educating Teachers for Cultural Diversity in the United States (Ken Zeichner); and (13) Comparative Perspectives and Paradigms (Keith Watson). (MAH)