ABSTRACT
The Further Education (F.E) sector has a long standing interest in the provision of education in a multicultural society. Classes in many areas became ethnically and culturally mixed in the middle ‘sixties, and there is probably a stronger tradition of change and adaptation in the F.E. sector than in schools. As a general rule, the teacher training experience of F.E. staff is either that provided by Colleges of Education, Colleges of Higher Education and Universities, or that provided by the specialist F.E. teacher training colleges of which there are four. Some of these are now constituents of Colleges of Higher Education. The courses can be vocational, non-vocational, or a combination of both. Although my experience does not include higher education nor very much with mature students, many of my comments may also be applicable to that area of post-school education.
