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Teacher Training for Multicultural Education in Favour of Democracy and Sustainable Development: the Territorial Approach
Place of publication | Year of publication | Collation: 
Paris | 1995 | p. 14-24
ISBN/ISSN: 
9291450022
Author: 
Raúl Galiardi; Paula Bernadini Mosconi
Corporate author: 
UNESCO
Region: 
Africa
Arab States
Europe and North America
Latin America and the Caribbean

This publication is part of the book Teacher Training and Multiculturalism: National Studies. This book presents the outcomes concerning the initial training systems of teachers in eight countries at different levels of development in different regions of the world but who are faced with a common challenge to educate for cultural diversity. Both the conclusions of each particular study and the general outcomes demonstrate the complexity of the problems and the benefits of comparative analysis. Overcoming prejudices and stereotypes is not an easy task nor likely to be achieved in the short term. Mentalities change far more slowly than knowledge and, because of this, educational strategies need to be applied in the long term. This study also shows that it is necessary to improve the exchange of experiences as well as contacts between people and institutions who are confronted with the same problems in different contexts. The publication of the initial outcomes of this project is intended to enrich the quality of discussions between specialists and institutions who, in different parts of the world, are concerned by multicultural education as an instrument to promote understanding, respect and dialogue between cultures.

Files: 
Resource Type: 
Research papers / journal articles
Theme: 
Diversity / cultural literacy / inclusive
Human rights
Sustainable development / sustainability
Keywords: 
intercultural education
human rights education
teacher education
environmental education
education for sustainable development