ABSTRACT

The diverse contributions in this book discuss both the classical and the more recent forms of migration. Illustrating the developments in various European countries and Australia as a 'classical immigration state', they tackle these different forms of migration and investigate their divergent educational implications regarding identity, citizenship and language education. This book will be of essential interest for students and researchers interested in the current discourse on multicultural education.

chapter 1|14 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|25 pages

Transnationalism and migration

New challenges for the social sciences and education

chapter 3|24 pages

(New forms of) migration

Challenges for education

chapter 4|22 pages

Collective solidarity and the construction of social identities in school

A case study on immigrant youths in post-unification West Berlin

chapter 6|24 pages

Discovering the ethnicized school

The case of France

chapter 9|19 pages

Sweden as a multilingual and multicultural nation

Effects on school and education

chapter 10|20 pages

Australia

Educational changes and challenges in response to multiculturalism, globalization and transnationalism