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Multiculturalism, Higher Education and Intercultural Communication: Developing Strengths-Based Narratives for Teaching and Learning
Damian Spiteri
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Description for Multiculturalism, Higher Education and Intercultural Communication: Developing Strengths-Based Narratives for Teaching and Learning
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democracy. Num Pages: 251 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFSL1; JNFR; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 254 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
This book explores how multiculturalism should be promoted throughout higher education due to its benefits for students. It adopts a strengths-based student-centred perspective and offers practical illustrations of how multicultural education can instigate students to understand each other and to relate to each other meaningfully. With the rise of international students in higher education across the globe it is crucial that institutions promote multicultural education for their wider communities.
This book explores how multiculturalism should be promoted throughout higher education due to its benefits for students. It adopts a strengths-based student-centred perspective and offers practical illustrations of how multicultural education can instigate students to understand each other and to relate to each other meaningfully. With the rise of international students in higher education across the globe it is crucial that institutions promote multicultural education for their wider communities.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democracy
Condition
New
Weight
460g
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137513663
SKU
V9781137513663
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Ref
99-15
About Damian Spiteri
Damian Spiteri is a lecturer at the University of York, UK. He has worked as a social worker, teacher, and college and university lecturer in multicultural settings and classrooms for the past twenty years.
Reviews for Multiculturalism, Higher Education and Intercultural Communication: Developing Strengths-Based Narratives for Teaching and Learning
A debut book elaborates on the fundamental ideas at play in the growing field of multicultural education, specifically at the college/university level. In this work, Spiteri (Social Policy and Social Work/Univ. of York) surveys the studies that lay out the theoretical groundwork for this cross-disciplinary endeavour. ... vital for educators and particularly valuable for those entering the profession. (Kirkus ... Read more