Listening to Student Voices in Intercultural Schools

• In Event: Moscone Center North Roundtable Session 5
  In Roundtable Session: Innovative Practices Within Multicultural Education

Abstract

This research study aims to fill in this gap in literature by offering rich empirical data on how student voice could support intercultural efforts in school level by investigating the ways in which immigrant and Cypriot children in primary schools perceive and define cultural diversity through the following research questions: (a) how do children define and understand the concept of cultural diversity; and (b) what do they perceive as the implications of cultural diversity on their daily lives? Lastly, the study aims to indicate successful ways in which children’s understandings of cultural diversity could be facilitated.

Authors

• Christina Hajisoteriou, University of Nicosia

• Christiana Karousiou, University of Nicosia

• Panayiotis A. Angelides, University of Nicosia