Reading material

A series of resources that the student teacher must study in this session and a series of additional resources for further study.

Compulsory reading list

  1. Huber, J. and Reynolds, C. (eds.) (2014). Developing Intercultural Competence Through Education. Strasbourg: Council of Europe. 16808ce258 (coe.int)
  2. Banks, J. A. (2018). An Introduction to Multicultural Education. 6th edition. London: Pearson Education.
  3. Maalouf, A. (2012). In the name of identity: Violence and the need to belong. Barbara Bray (Trans.). [Orig 1996]. New York: Penguin Books.

List for further reading

  1. Bajaj, M., Argenal, A. and Canlas, M. (2017). Socio-Politically Relevant Pedagogy for Immigrant and Refugee Youth. In Equity and Excellent in Education, 50(3), pp. 258-274.
  2. Bourdieu, P. & J.-C. Passeron (1977). Reproduction in education, society and culture. London: Sage. Coulby, D. (2006).
  3. Council of Europe (2020). “Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture”. Website with links to resources. Strasbourg: Council of Europe. The Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (RFCDC) (coe.int)
  4. Council of Europe and the European Wergeland Centre (2020). Signposts Teacher Training Module: Teaching about religions and non-religious world views in intercultural education. Strasbourg: Council of Europe. Signposts teacher training module, Teaching about religions and non-religious world views in intercultural education - The European Wergeland Centre (theewc.org)
  5. Todd, S. (2011). Educating Beyond Cultural Diversity: Redrawing the Boundaries of a Democratic Plurality. Studies in Philosophies and Education, 30, pp. 101-111. Educating Beyond Cultural Diversity: Redrawing the Boundaries of a Democratic Plurality | SpringerLink
  6. Van Driel, B., Darmody, M. and Kerzil, J. (2016). Education Policies to Foster Tolerance in Children and Young People in the EU/2016. Luxembourg: The European Commission.


Journal: Intercultural Education, published by Routledge. List of issues Intercultural Education (tandfonline.com)