Teaching in diversity. Teachers and pupils about tense situations in ethnically heterogeneous classe

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Over het boekTensions and arguments about controversial issues are an inherent part of goingto school. Pupils can learn from these situations. Teaching in diversity offers aknowledge base regarding tense situations as opportunities for citizenship educationon living in an ethnically diverse society. The book addresses which tensesituations teachers and pupils of ethnically diverse classes experience and howteachers react to these situations. It presents the results of a national survey inschools for secondary education in The Netherlands. Teachers and pupils from89 classes of 34 schools provide information about their experiences with tensesituations. In addition this book offers a more in-depth understanding about thedemands that are placed on teachers when preparing and guiding discussionsabout sensitive issues related to ethnic diversity. To this purpose considerationsand actual behaviour of four teachers guiding such discussions in ethnically diverseclasses are analysed.Teaching in diversity is relevant for educational sociologists and educational scientistswho are involved with citizenship education in ethnically diverse societies. Italso provides a frame of reference for teachers and teacher educators who wantto reflect on the practical implications of perceiving tense situations as opportunitiesfor citizenship education.Uit de inhoudTable of contentsOver de auteursHester Radstake studied Pedagogical Sciences at the University of Amsterdam.Teaching in diversity is the result of the PhD-project she conducted at the SCOKohnstammInstituut of the University of Amsterdam. Since 2007 she works as asenior advisor for educational policy and as a researcher at the CETAR Centrefor Educational Training, Assessment and Research of the VU Free University inAmsterdam.