The diversity of contemporary democratic nations challenges scholars and educators to develop forms of education that would both recognize difference and develop a shared foundation for a functioning democracy. In this essay Sigal Ben-Porath develops the concept of shared fate as a theoretical and practical response to this challenge. Shared fate…

In this essay Amanda Fulford examines the subject of inter-cultural understanding from two perspectives: first, through considering Naoko Saito's exploration of translation and inter-/intra-cultural understanding, and second, through a discussion of work from the field of literacy studies, in particular the New London Group's "pedagogy of…

The social and educational theories of Basil Bernstein are examined. (JD)

Beginning with the notion of language as the basis for all thought, this article presents a formal analysis of Unamuno's thought and its relevance to educational aims in modern culture, stressing that the goal of education is to draw the student into the background of meanings and feeling that constitutes his language that he might come to learn…