Social interactions in multicultural settings / / edited by Margarida César and Kristiina Kumpulainen.

• TeilnehmendeR: Kumpulainen, Kristiina, 1966-; César, Margarida,
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Multicultural issues are part of the agenda for researchers, academics, and politicians. The new technologies have brought multiculturality into our professional and personal lives, opening new possibilities for social interactions among people from different countries, cultures, ages, and gender. Being able to deal with diversity, including other cultures, is a must in the 21st century. This book is an opportunity to read narratives about social interactions in multicultural settings, and to discuss the role they play in the construction of school and social achievement. It is not only a book on multiculturality. It is also a multicultural book, including an introduction and 13 chapters from authors representing 11 countries, and many more cultures. It is a journey that brings you through different settings, situations and scenarios, describing them vividly, so that the reader can have an authentic taste of them. This is a book that researchers, academics, teachers, policy makers, and politicians should read. It illuminates many of the problems related to multiculturality. But it also reports on educational experiences and forms of interacting that help solving these problems. It also illustrates the barriers that still exist and that keep many persons apart from equity. Moreover, due to its narrative mood - the descriptions of what happens in different educational systems, and episodes that could happen to us all, including our kids - this is a book for parents, youngsters, and all the ones interested in knowing other cultures. After all, education is an issue that is related to each human being. We are all cultural individuals, who need to interact with each other. Thus, this is a book to learn how social interactions, in such a demanding multicultural world, can help us live in peace and understand each other.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Margarida César and Kristiina Kumpulainen -- Introduction / Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont -- Inter-Viewing Foregrounds: Students’ Motives for Learning in a Multicultural Setting / Helle Alrø , Ole Skovsmose and Paola Valero -- Repertoires of Aspiration, Narratives of Identity, and Cultural Models of Mathematics in Practice / Julian Williams , Laura Black , Paul Hernandez-Martinez , Pauline Davis , Maria Pampaka and Geoff Wake -- Different Perceptions of Schooling and Citizenship / Darlinda Moreira -- ‘Self’ and ‘Other’ ImposedWithdrawing in Social Interactions at School / Guida de Abreu and Hannah Hale -- An Entry to Dialogicality in the Maths Classroom: Encouraging Hybrid Learning Identities / A. Chronaki -- Jeopardizing Learning Opportunities in Multicultural Mathematics Classrooms / Núria Gorgorió and Montserrat Prat -- From Research to Practice / Mariëtte de Haan and Ed Elbers -- Listening to Different Voices: CollaborativeWork in Multicultural Maths Classes / Margarida César -- Two Languages, One Community / Elizabeth Yeager , Judith Green and Maria Lucia Castanheira -- The Integration of Mathematics and Language Learning in Multiethnic Schools / Dolly van Eerde and Maaike Hajer -- Cultural Origins of Patterns of Participation in Multi-Cultural Classrooms / Louisa Remedios and David Clarke -- A Teacher’s Repertoire of Practice in a Multi-Ethnic Classroom / Elizabeth Hirst , Peter Renshaw and Raymond Brown -- Video as a Cultural Landscape for Reflection and Identity Work in Teacher Education / Kristiina Kumpulainen , Auli Toom and Merja Saalasti -- Biographical Notes / Margarida César and Kristiina Kumpulainen.