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Problematizing The Conceptual Framework Of Interculturalism And Its Pedagogical Extension Of Intercultural Education: Theoretical Perspectives And Their Implications, Rina Manuela Contini, Cinzia Pica-Smith

Human Services and Rehabilitation Studies Department Faculty Works

A new intercultural framework for education is being developed as a pedagogical response to increasingly multi-ethnic societies in Europe. This framework has been gaining ground during the last decade within EU Institutions (Commission of the European Communities, European Commission, Council of Ministers, OECD, OSCE) and the Council of Europe Documents and replacing multiculturalism as the guiding framework. This shift has generated an ardent debate between multiculturalists and interculturalists. Indeed, there is much criticism of the interculturalist framework. This article positions itself within this current debate and offers a critical analysis of the conceptual mapping of interculturalism within which there are …