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Rissanen, Inkeri; Kuusisto, Elina; McMullen, Jake – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2023
Manifestations of educational inequity in diversifying societies have led to a wide acknowledgement of the need to develop all teachers' competencies to work in the context of diversity. The domain of beliefs and attitudes is generally included as one key component of teachers' intercultural competence, but there is little consensus over what the…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Teacher Attitudes, Multicultural Education, Cultural Awareness
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Rissanen, Inkeri; Kuusisto, Elina – British Educational Research Journal, 2023
Cultural heterogenisation of classrooms and existing achievement gaps have led to an acknowledgement of the need to develop teachers' intercultural competencies. A growth mindset (a belief that intelligence, personality and other such qualities can be cultivated) predicts positive intergroup attitudes and reduces stereotyping, but has not been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Social Justice
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Souto, Anne-Mari; Sotkasiira, Tiina – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2022
Many researchers have drawn attention to the importance of intersectionality and anti-racism in career guidance, but literature thus far contains few practical examples of how to go about dismantling ethnic and racial normativities that shape educational and labour market transitions. The aim of this article is to deepen the understanding of…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Intersectionality, Racism, Social Justice
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Rissanen, Inkeri – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2020
This study examines negotiations on Muslims' inclusive citizenship in Finnish and Swedish comprehensive schools. The data include interviews with Muslim parents and Muslim teachers (n = 8 in both countries), who serve as cultural brokers in public schools and mediate negotiations on the terms of inclusion. The study utilizes the notion of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Muslims, Citizenship, Public Schools
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Hummelstedt-Djedou, Ida; Zilliacus, Harriet; Holm, Gunilla – Multicultural Education Review, 2018
The necessity to include multicultural education policies and practices in schools and teacher education has been widely recognized both in Finland and internationally. However, terms such as 'multiculturalism' and 'multicultural education' have contested and vague meanings in educational discourse. This paper investigates discourses on…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Discourse Analysis
Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2013
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2013, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 1 to 3 of June. Education, in a global sense, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human being, in the way one thinks, feels and acts. One of the…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Faculty Development, Staff Development, Educational Quality