Interculturality in Education A Theoretical and Methodological Toolb
This book explores the decades-long use of the notion of interculturality in education and other fields, arguing that it is now time to move beyond certain assumptions towards a richer and more realistic understanding of the ‘intercultural’. Many concepts
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Fred Dervin
Interculturality in Education
Fred Dervin
Interculturality in Education A Theoretical and Methodological Toolbox
Fred Dervin The University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland
ISBN 978-1-137-54543-5 ISBN 978-1-137-54544-2 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-54544-2
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CONTENTS
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Introduction—Interculturality in Education: A New Beginning? The Approach in this Book References
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Misnomers ‘The Deceptively Cosy Blanket of Culture’ (Eriksen 2001) Identity is Not a Thing Collectivity, Self, and Other References
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Imaginaries About Interculturality Globalization is Not New Desperately Seeking Diversity Where Are You Really From? ‘The Same Is Lame’ Obsession with the Local References
23 24 26 30 35 37 40
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Discourses of Othering Who’s the Other? Othering As an Unstable Phenomenon Analysing Discourses of Othering References
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CONTENTS
Interculturality and the ‘Fragilities’ of Human Rights Beyond Mere Human Rightism? Interculturality and the Hegemony of Human Rights: Problematic Supranational Initiatives Working on the ‘Fragilities’ of Human Rights in Intercultural Education Reflecting on Counterhegemonic Ways References Tools for Change—Dynamic and Realistic Intercultural Competences Towards Dynamic Competences Against a ‘Universal’ and ‘Objective’ Definition (De-)(Re)constructing Intercultural Competences Ways of Constructing Intercultural Competences A Realistic Approach to IC Student Teachers’ Inter
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