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Assessing Students' Journeys From Theory To Practice In Intercultural Education
Whitaker, Teresa Kenny, Martin
Whitaker, Teresa
Kenny, Martin
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Abstract
This paper reports on a Master's module on intercultural education. It explores current laws
and policies on intercultural education. It examines the assessment of the module and presents
three exemplar essays in which primary school teachers effectively implemented the
intercultural guidelines in the classroom relating to ethnicity, religion and Traveller identity. The
Intercultural Education Strategy recommends that teachers learn about intercultural education
in order to promote a society based on values and principles so that human rights and
democracy are safeguarded. The paper concludes that teachers internalised the key tenets of
intercultural education, were reflective and reflexive practitioners and engaged in classroom
strategies to educate young children on the importance of respecting diversity.
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2016
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Ireland, Intercultural education, Diversity, Travellers, Ethnicity, Religion, Policy