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Author:   Geof Alred ,  Michael Byram ,  Mike Fleming
Publisher:   Channel View Publications Ltd
Imprint:   Multilingual Matters
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.360kg
ISBN:  

9781853599187

ISBN 10:   1853599182
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   12 October 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1 1.Interculturality, Identity and Citizenship Education in Mexico - Phyllis Ryan 2. National Identity at a Crossroads: The Struggle between Culture, Language and Politics in Hong Kong - Sai Wing Leung and W.O. Lee 3. The Construction of Citizenship and Nation Building: the Singapore Case - Stewart Martin and Anwei Feng Part 2 4. Concepts and issues in Citizenship Education. A comparative study of Germany, Britain and the USA - Gerhard Himmelmann 5. Contested Notions of Citizenship and Citizenship Education: The Chinese Case - Anwei Feng Part 3 6. Developing a concept of intercultural citizenship - Michael Byram 7. The Concept of 'intercultural citizenship': lessons from fiction and art - Mike Fleming 8. Beyond the nation? Potential for intercultural citizenship education in Japan - Lynne Parmenter 9. Towards an Intercultural Frame of Mind Citizenship in Poland - Maria Walat 10. Citizenship Education in Spain: Aspects of Secondary Education - Maria Del Carmen Mendez Garcia 11. The Intercultural Dimension of Citizenship Education in Portugal - Manuela Guilherme, Jose Manuel Pureza, Rita Paulos Da Silva, Helia Santos

Reviews

This work is a thoughtful and well-written contribution to the literature, and the editors and authors have done a remarkable job of tying a number of complex and potentially frustrating issues together in a cogent and understandable manner.Timothy Reagan, Central Connecticut State University, in Studies in Second Language Acquisition 30:1 (March 2008)

Author Information

Author Website:   https://www.dur.ac.uk/education/staff/profile/?id=613

The editors are all members of the School of Education, Durham University, interested in interdisciplinary approaches to intercultural experience. Geof Alred is counsellor and counsellor trainer. His research interests include language in therapy, mentoring and intercultural experience, in particular student residence abroad. Mike Byram studied languages and literature before becoming interested in the intercultural dimension of language education and ultimately in educational experience beyond the classroom. Mike Fleming is Director of Research. His research interests include arts education, the teaching of English and drama, and in particular the use of drama as a form of intercultural education.

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Author Website:   https://www.dur.ac.uk/education/staff/profile/?id=613

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