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Aristotle University of ThessalonikiFaculty of Theology

Dimitra Gkirlou Konstantinos Lithiropoulos


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Multiculturalism demands from the populationsith di!erent cultural identities not "ust tocoe#ist$ %ut to live in harmony&

Through interculturalism are pursued processesfor the meeting$ interaction$ mutualcooperation and further development of thevarious civili'ations&

The solution to intercultural education can %egiven %y the (cience of )edagogy %ecause it

promotes to the students attitudes that a%olishsuperstitions$ stereotypes and racism& *+esidou$,--./ 01$2-3


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The principles and goals of interculturalism ineducation$ aim not only to the education ofthe minority students %ut also of the ma"orityand concern 4state5 and 4inter6state5 levels&

The 4state5 level concerns the immigrants$the emigrants and other minorities livinginside the state and also the ma"ority&

The 4inter6state5 level concerns the culturalcommunication and interaction of thepeoples living in di!erent states&


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7& accepts the e8uality of all people ,& considers the cultural and linguistic

di!erence as element for the enrichment ofthe curricula

9&aims to the e8uality of opportunities forall

.&opposes to any discriminations

*+anakidou : )apagianni$ 7;;2/796703&


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*a3 co-education of the students coming fromdi!erent cultural groups& Thus is avoided themarginali'ation of the minority groups&

*%3 4opening5 of the curricula to the cultures ofthe minorities$ *Musol!$ ,--7/13&

*c3 removal from the curricula and theschool%ooks of any references on pre"udices orstereotypes and through a creative comparison$notice not only the di!erences %ut also thesimilarities among the various cultures& *+apsaliset al&$ ,---/1


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7& =ntercultural (chools

,& *a3 >eception ?lassrooms*%3 Tutorial Groups


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knos that school does not o!er thestudents only knoledge %ut alsocontri%utes to the social integration of theforeign students to their social environment

and form consciousnesses toards diversity&@ecause the acceptance of the e8uivalenceof the cultures should start from inside theclassroom and continues into the society&

*)igka$ ,--./.713&


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the teacher training at university leveldemands the same preparation ith theother professions&

emphasis is given to the importance ofpractice of the teachers in schools$supervised %y the universities$ ith theparticipation of the schools and theirteaching sta!&


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The last years the Faculties of )edagogy ofthe greek universities have started toincorporate in their @achelor studiesprogrammes$ courses$ either core orselective that inform the teachers on thene multicultural situation in the schoolclassrooms and provide them the necessary

knoledge and a%ilities that ill help them%ecome e!ective teachers for 4all5 theirstudents *native and 4foreign53&


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concurrent models$ according to hichthe theoretical and pedagogical training of

the teacher$ and practice are parallel consecutive models according to hich

the theoretical training comes rst and thenfollos practice


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core courses *general education3

selective courses *speciali'ation3 theoretical courses of pedagogical training practice


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Antiracist$ antise#istic andintercultural education

(ocial and cultural constructionof identities and se#es


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=ntercultural Bducation Greek language assecond or foreign language

>elation %eteen language and culture inmulticultural society

@ilingualism and %ilingual education Multilingual multicultural education (pecial issues in the education of

immigrantsCforeigners Bducation of >oma children Bducation of immigrants$ >oma


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Multiculturalism and religious phenomena


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=ntercultural Bducation Bthnocultural groups$ inter6group relations

and ?ommunication rgani'ing and administration of a

multicultural classroom =ntercultural Bducation =ntercultural Teaching


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=ntercultural Bducation& Theory and=mplementation


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?ontemporary (ocio6)edagogicalapproaches in the )rimary school


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=ntercultural Teaching *teaching inmulticultural environments3

=ntercultural Bducation =

=ntercultural Bducation == *practice3


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Blements of musical interculturaleducation *from theory to practice3

Lingual polymorphy and learning


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Hhat is and can %e the role of the Teacher in a

class of diversityI Eo does this role inJuence the prole of the

teacher in the intercultural schoolsI Eo can

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