Cultural Diversity in Compulsory Education: An Overview of the Context of Madrid (Spain)
Intercultural Education, 21 (4), 299-315, 2010, DOI:10.1080/14675986.2010.506022
Posted: 16 Sep 2012 Last revised: 15 Jan 2013
Date Written: August 1, 2010
Abstract
This paper examines educational practices in Spain and in particular Madrid. With this contextual frame as the starting point the following issues are discussed: the ‘official’ conceptualization of cultural diversity, educational policies and resolutions related to cultural diversity, and school programs and resources facilitated by educational authorities to address diversity. The analysis was undertaken using an intercultural approach
Keywords: cultural diversity, intercultural education, Spanish context, educational policies, images of diversity, educational programs and resources
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