Youth in Education ─ The Necessity of Valuing Ethnocultural Diversity

This book explores the multiple, interrelated social contexts that young people inhabit and navigate, and how educational institutions cope with increasing ethnic, cultural and ideological diversity. Schools, families and communities represent important settings in which young people must make successful transitions to adulthood, and the classroom often becomes a battleground in which these contexts and values interact. Chapters explore rich examples from Europe and North America to suggest strategies that can help to counter negative perceptions, processes of stigmatization and disengagement, instead prioritising peer support and cooperative learning to give pupils a renewed sense of worth.

Christiane Timmerman is Research Professor and Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Migration and Intercultural Studies, University of Antwerp, Belgium.

Noel Clycq is a Post-doctoral Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Migration and Intercultural Studies, University of Antwerp, Belgium.

Marie McAndrew is Professor and Chair in Ethnic Relations in the Department of Administration and Educational Philosophy, University of Montreal, Canada.

Jacques Haers is Director of Academic Affairs at the University Centre Saint Ignatius Antwerp, Belgium.

Sara Mels is Project Co-ordinator at the University Centre Saint Ignatius Antwerp, Belgium.