THE PROCESS OF MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION IN A CENTRALIZED AND HOMOGENEOUS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Journal Title: Problems of Education in the 21st Century - Year 2010, Vol 21, Issue 6
Abstract
Cyprus educational system which as of now could be described as homogeneous, centralized, and bureaucratic is going through a totally new experience since “foreign language speaking” students are enrolled in public school classrooms. The high degree of homogeneity that existed so far has been dramatically decreasing the last few years. Individuals with different cultures, nationalities, languages, and religions enter the country for various reasons. The above changes are reflected in the country’s school system as well. The study examines the current situation within the Cyprus educational system regarding the issue of multiculturalism. The formal, theoretical, and institutional framework of the multicultural education in Cyprus as it is included in the wider educational policy, and the implementation of the offcial philosophical outline are examined, interpreted and discussed. On the other hand, the informal theoretical framework of the multicultural education in Cyprus is examined, which includes things done based on teachers’ own will, effort, stimulus, and initiative, as well as based on their assumptions and beliefs.
Authors and Affiliations
Nikleia Eteokleous, Nikoletta Christodoulou
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP34831
- DOI -
- Views 293
- Downloads 0
PROFESSIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION OF THE MODERN TEENAGER AS A PROBLEM OF EDUCATION
The Modern society presents high requirements to abilities of each member to realize searching for new sense of professional activity and vital activity as a whole i.e. to constitute himself in History, Culture, life, pr...
IMPORTANCE OF VOCABULARY TEACHING TO ADVANCED FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDENTS IN IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION
Vocabulary is important for understanding difficult reading materials. English vocabulary teaching at higher reading levels should involve direct teaching and context-based approaches. Many studies have stated the need...
PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENT TEACHERS´ CLASSROOM TALK DURING INQUIRY-BASED BIOLOGY LESSONS
In schools, classroom talk is often dominated by teachers´ lecturing or asking closed questions followed by teachers’ evaluative feedback. When the teacher presents ideas to students or uses the questionresponse feedbac...
ICT AS ONE OF THE TEACHING METHODS AT PRIMARY SCHOOL FROM A TEACHER’S POINT OF VIEW
ICT is one of the driving elements of the current primary education. They often replace commonly used teaching methods, however, in many cases, they are also rejected as an element of eliminating the human factor in edu...
TEN THESES ON MODERN NATURAL SCIENCE EDUCATION
Despite of the fact that natural science education questions are constantly discussed, it is necessary to give much more real attention to this area. It is obvious that the spectrum of the topics of natural science educa...