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Critical and Creative Engagements with Diversity in Nordic Education

Edited by Vander Tavares and Thor-André Skrefsrud - Contributions by Jenni Alisaari; Shpresa Basha; Artëm Ingmar Benediktsson; Mari Bergroth; Ning Chen; Fred Dervin; Beth Draycott; Hafdís Guðjónsdóttir; Meri Häärä; Raisa Harju-Autti; Leena Maria Heikkola; Jonas Yassin Iversen; Anuleena Kimanen; Jónína Vala Kristinsdóttir; Elina Kuusisto; Håkan Larsson; Samúel Lefever; Julia Melnikova; Gunnhildur Óskarsdóttir; Renata Emilsson Peskova; Hanna Ragnarsdóttir; Agnieszka Iwetta Rasmussen; Inkeri Rissanen; Fredrik Rusk; Salla Sissonen; Thor-André Skrefsrud; Matilda Ståhl; Vander Tavares; Heli Vigren; Anna Winlund; Charlotte Eliza Wolff and Maija Yli-Jokipii

Teacher education in the Nordic European context continues to change rapidly in response to diversity. However, this context tends to receive less attention globally, despite being a part of the interconnected effort to prepare teachers and students for an increasingly complex and uncertain future. Against this backdrop, this volume presents timely research that identifies and critically explores some of the challenges and opportunities which researchers, educators, and teacher educators may encounter while working in culturally and linguistically diverse contexts of education in Nordic Europe. In doing so, this volume aims to contribute to the broader conversations about diversity and education on an international level, particularly those focused on how to improve and enhance teacher education through more inclusive, responsive, and social justice-oriented practices. Critical and Creative Engagements with Diversity in Nordic Education offers empirical, conceptual, and theoretical contributions on topics such as religion, gender and sex, language, culture, nationality, race, and ethnicity that reflect the experiences, concerns, and needs of both teachers and students from primary to higher and teacher education. By recognizing, promoting, and understanding the importance of diversity in the classroom, educators can contribute to the achievement of academic success of every student.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 392 • Trim: 6½ x 9⅜
978-1-66692-585-2 • Hardback • December 2023 • $125.00 • (£96.00)
978-1-66692-586-9 • eBook • December 2023 • $50.00 • (£38.00)
Subjects: Education / Inclusive Education, Education / Multicultural Education, Education / Teaching / Methods & Strategies, Open Access Titles / General

Vander Tavares is postdoctoral researcher in education at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences.

Thor-André Skrefsrud is professor of education at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences.

Introduction

Part I: Student Teachers’ Intercultural Competences

Chapter 1: The More We Know, The More We Feel What We Know Is Limited:” Finnish Student Teachers Engaging with Chinese Students’ Ideas About Culture, Language and Interculturality, Ning Chen and Fred Dervin

Chapter 2: “We Have Three Common Enemies…”: Student Teachers’ Perspectives on Existing Prejudice in Danish Multicultural Schools, Artëm Ingmar Benediktsson

Chapter 3: Experiential Education, Museums and Student Teachers’ Intercultural Learning: Reflections on the Scandinavian Romani Exhibition, Vander Tavares and Thor-André Skrefsrud

Chapter 4: Finnish Teacher-students’ Mindsets and Intercultural Competences, Meri Häärä, Inkeri Rissanen and Elina Kuusisto

Chapter 5: Teacher Education for Inclusion: Preparing Student Teachers at the School of Education in Iceland to Work in Inclusive Multicultural Classrooms, Hafdís Guðjónsdóttir, Jónína Vala Kristinsdóttir, Samúel Currey Lefever and Gunnhildur Óskarsdóttir

Part II: Multilingual Learning in Diverse Classrooms

Chapter 6: Finnish Teachers’ Perspectives on Creating Multilingual Learning Opportunities in Diverse Classrooms, Jenni Alisaari, Mari Bergroth, Raisa Harju-Autti, Leena Maria Heikkola, Salla Sissonen and Heli Vigren

Chapter 7: How Do Teachers of Plurilingual Learner’s Mother Tongue (PLMT) Implement Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy?, Maija Yli-Jokipii, Inkeri Rissanen and Elina Kuusisto

Part III: Identifying Skills and Competences for Future Teachers in Religious Education

Chapter 8: Critical Approaches to Religious Diversity in Education: What Skills Do Future Teachers Need? Anuleena Kimanen

Chapter 9: Reconceptualizing Non-Confessional Religious Education in Norway from a Freirean Perspective, Thor-André Skrefsrud and Vander Tavares

Part IV: Educators Supporting Cultural and Linguistic Diversity

Chapter 10: Diversity and Inclusion in Physical Education: Kinesiocultural Exploration as Anti-Oppressive Teaching, Håkan Larsson

Chapter 11: Esports: The New “White Boys” Club? Problematizing the Norms Limiting Diversity and Inclusion in an Educational Gaming Context, Fredrik Rusk and Matilda Ståhl

Chapter 12: Teaching Towards Transformation: Promoting Multicultural Pedagogy in Iceland Through Reflective Participation, Charlotte Wolff, Renata Emilsson Peskova and Beth Draycott

Chapter 13: Opportunities and Challenges in Implementing Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Practices in Preschools in Iceland, Hanna Ragnarsdóttir

Part V: Students’ and Parents’ Encounters with Diversity

Chapter 14: Locating Power: Polish Parents’ Encounter with Norwegian Education, Agnieszka Iwetta Rasmussen and Jonas Yassin Iversen

Chapter 15: Negotiating Knowledge of Sexual and Gender Diversity: A Case Study with Migrant Students in a Swedish Language Course, Anna Winlund

Chapter 16: Countering Narratives of Identity and Belonging: Multicultural School Events from a Student Perspective, Shpresa Basha and Thor-André Skrefsrud

Chapter 17: The Roles of Migrant Parents in High School as Constructed by Teachers and Students: A “Double-edged Sword”, Julia Melnikova

About the Authors

This is an extraordinarily rich collection of insights into the challenges of ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity in education. The chapters are all drawn from Nordic countries but the implications for teachers, teacher educators and policymakers all around the world are very clear. Vander Tavares and Thor-André Skrefsrud must be congratulated by the global education community for drawing together this invaluable volume.


— Ian Menter, University of Oxford


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Publication in open access of the book Critical and Creative Engagements with Diversity in Nordic Education edited by Vander Tavares and Thor-André Skrefsrud is financed from the funds of the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences.

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Critical and Creative Engagements with Diversity in Nordic Education

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Hardback
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Summary
Summary
  • Teacher education in the Nordic European context continues to change rapidly in response to diversity. However, this context tends to receive less attention globally, despite being a part of the interconnected effort to prepare teachers and students for an increasingly complex and uncertain future. Against this backdrop, this volume presents timely research that identifies and critically explores some of the challenges and opportunities which researchers, educators, and teacher educators may encounter while working in culturally and linguistically diverse contexts of education in Nordic Europe. In doing so, this volume aims to contribute to the broader conversations about diversity and education on an international level, particularly those focused on how to improve and enhance teacher education through more inclusive, responsive, and social justice-oriented practices. Critical and Creative Engagements with Diversity in Nordic Education offers empirical, conceptual, and theoretical contributions on topics such as religion, gender and sex, language, culture, nationality, race, and ethnicity that reflect the experiences, concerns, and needs of both teachers and students from primary to higher and teacher education. By recognizing, promoting, and understanding the importance of diversity in the classroom, educators can contribute to the achievement of academic success of every student.

Details
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  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 392 • Trim: 6½ x 9⅜
    978-1-66692-585-2 • Hardback • December 2023 • $125.00 • (£96.00)
    978-1-66692-586-9 • eBook • December 2023 • $50.00 • (£38.00)
    Subjects: Education / Inclusive Education, Education / Multicultural Education, Education / Teaching / Methods & Strategies, Open Access Titles / General
Author
Author
  • Vander Tavares is postdoctoral researcher in education at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences.

    Thor-André Skrefsrud is professor of education at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Introduction

    Part I: Student Teachers’ Intercultural Competences

    Chapter 1: The More We Know, The More We Feel What We Know Is Limited:” Finnish Student Teachers Engaging with Chinese Students’ Ideas About Culture, Language and Interculturality, Ning Chen and Fred Dervin

    Chapter 2: “We Have Three Common Enemies…”: Student Teachers’ Perspectives on Existing Prejudice in Danish Multicultural Schools, Artëm Ingmar Benediktsson

    Chapter 3: Experiential Education, Museums and Student Teachers’ Intercultural Learning: Reflections on the Scandinavian Romani Exhibition, Vander Tavares and Thor-André Skrefsrud

    Chapter 4: Finnish Teacher-students’ Mindsets and Intercultural Competences, Meri Häärä, Inkeri Rissanen and Elina Kuusisto

    Chapter 5: Teacher Education for Inclusion: Preparing Student Teachers at the School of Education in Iceland to Work in Inclusive Multicultural Classrooms, Hafdís Guðjónsdóttir, Jónína Vala Kristinsdóttir, Samúel Currey Lefever and Gunnhildur Óskarsdóttir

    Part II: Multilingual Learning in Diverse Classrooms

    Chapter 6: Finnish Teachers’ Perspectives on Creating Multilingual Learning Opportunities in Diverse Classrooms, Jenni Alisaari, Mari Bergroth, Raisa Harju-Autti, Leena Maria Heikkola, Salla Sissonen and Heli Vigren

    Chapter 7: How Do Teachers of Plurilingual Learner’s Mother Tongue (PLMT) Implement Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy?, Maija Yli-Jokipii, Inkeri Rissanen and Elina Kuusisto

    Part III: Identifying Skills and Competences for Future Teachers in Religious Education

    Chapter 8: Critical Approaches to Religious Diversity in Education: What Skills Do Future Teachers Need? Anuleena Kimanen

    Chapter 9: Reconceptualizing Non-Confessional Religious Education in Norway from a Freirean Perspective, Thor-André Skrefsrud and Vander Tavares

    Part IV: Educators Supporting Cultural and Linguistic Diversity

    Chapter 10: Diversity and Inclusion in Physical Education: Kinesiocultural Exploration as Anti-Oppressive Teaching, Håkan Larsson

    Chapter 11: Esports: The New “White Boys” Club? Problematizing the Norms Limiting Diversity and Inclusion in an Educational Gaming Context, Fredrik Rusk and Matilda Ståhl

    Chapter 12: Teaching Towards Transformation: Promoting Multicultural Pedagogy in Iceland Through Reflective Participation, Charlotte Wolff, Renata Emilsson Peskova and Beth Draycott

    Chapter 13: Opportunities and Challenges in Implementing Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Practices in Preschools in Iceland, Hanna Ragnarsdóttir

    Part V: Students’ and Parents’ Encounters with Diversity

    Chapter 14: Locating Power: Polish Parents’ Encounter with Norwegian Education, Agnieszka Iwetta Rasmussen and Jonas Yassin Iversen

    Chapter 15: Negotiating Knowledge of Sexual and Gender Diversity: A Case Study with Migrant Students in a Swedish Language Course, Anna Winlund

    Chapter 16: Countering Narratives of Identity and Belonging: Multicultural School Events from a Student Perspective, Shpresa Basha and Thor-André Skrefsrud

    Chapter 17: The Roles of Migrant Parents in High School as Constructed by Teachers and Students: A “Double-edged Sword”, Julia Melnikova

    About the Authors

Reviews
Reviews
  • This is an extraordinarily rich collection of insights into the challenges of ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity in education. The chapters are all drawn from Nordic countries but the implications for teachers, teacher educators and policymakers all around the world are very clear. Vander Tavares and Thor-André Skrefsrud must be congratulated by the global education community for drawing together this invaluable volume.


    — Ian Menter, University of Oxford


Features
Features
  • OPEN ACCESS

    Publication in open access of the book Critical and Creative Engagements with Diversity in Nordic Education edited by Vander Tavares and Thor-André Skrefsrud is financed from the funds of the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences.

    VIEW & DOWNLOAD



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