KRISTÍN AÐALSTEINSDÓTTIR GUÐMUNDUR ENGILBERTSSON

• Main Author: Ragnheiður Gunnbjörnsdóttir
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Canada; Norway; Iceland
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.524.470; http://scancan.uvic.ca/article.pdf?id=athalsteinsdottir_1_17

ABSTRACT: Multiculturalism is the ideology that ascribes special value to communities comprising people of varied nationalities, cultural backgrounds and religious leanings. The challenges facing a multicultural society are familiar in Canada but relatively new to Scandinavia. The question arises, How do multicultural societies deal with challenges posed by their diversity? More particularlywhat are themulticultural teaching practices bywhich these societies seek to incorporate students into a unified yet diverse community which encourages the preservation of the ethnic, cultural and religious values. The object of the present research, conducted in Manitoba (Canada), Norway, and Iceland, was to examine selected teachers ’ preparation for teaching culturally diverse learners, their ability to meet the individual needs of students, and their perceptions of how their culturally diverse learners adapt to a new cultural community. RÉSUMÉ: Lemulticulturalisme est l’idéologie qui attribue une valeur particulière aux communautés comptant des individus de nationalités, d’origines culturelles