The papers in this book provide international perspectives on the possibilities for and challenges facing intercultural dialogue in education. These challenges are many in a world characterized by the tensions and demands of both global and local issues as well as regional conflicts. This is especially so as post-conflict deliberations are complicated by the cultural, religious and linguistic diversity within both small and large states. The authors here analyze the interplay between intercultural dialogue, education and the state, and reveal how educational experiences are able either to exacerbate problems, or mitigate them by promoting an intercultural dialogue of reconciliation as well as recognition of shared values. The mere act of collaborating in educational endeavor can itself have a positive impact.
The outcomes of attempts at intercultural understanding are examined by educational researchers from high- and low-income countries, from the east and the west, and from both northern and southern hemispheres. The authors demonstrate the value of disciplined comparison of differing education societies, and detail the international research aimed at augmenting cross- and intercultural understanding.
This exciting and wide-ranging volume has been facilitated by the World Council of Comparative Education Societies and affords compelling visions of the ways in which education can be a force for good in our highly diverse societies by fostering intercultural dialogue.
Suzanne Majhanovich · Christine Fox · Adila Pašalic´ Kreso Editors
Living Together Education and Intercultural Dialogue
Previously published in International Review of Education, Volume 54, Issues 3–4, 2008
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Editors Suzanne Majhanovich Faculty of Education University of Western Ontario 1137 Western Road London, ON Canada N6G 1G7 E-mail:
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Adila Pašalic´ Kreso Faculty of Philosophy University of Sarajevo F. Rackong No. 1, Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina E-mail:
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Christine Fox Faculty of Education University of Wollogong New South Wales 2522 Australia E-mail:
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Acknowledgements The Editors acknowledge with thanks the following for their support in the development of this volume: Harmen van Paradijs, Publications Editor, Springer Christopher McIntosh, Executive Editor, International Review of Education, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Hannah Mowat, Assistant Editor, International Review of Education, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Mark Bray, International Institute for Educational Policy, UNESCO Crain Soudien, President of WCCES, University of Cape Town Barry van Driel, International Association of Intercultural Education Bob Adamson, Hong Kong Institute of Education Mark Ginsburg, University of