Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Suzanne Majhanovich and Régis Malet -- Introduction / Suzanne Majhanovich and Régis Malet -- Incorporating Peace-Building Citizenship Dialogue in Classroom Curricula / Kathy Bickmore -- Education for Democratic Citizenship and Social Inclusion in a Post-Socialist Democracy / Gabor Hera and Katalin Szeger -- Embedding Indigenous Knowledges / Juliana McLaughlin and Susan Whatman -- Addressing Educational Needs of Bedouin in Israel and First Nations People in Canada / Ruwaida Abu Rass -- The National Strategy To Strengthen Rural Education In Chinai / Liu Baocun , Zunwei Yang and Yang Su -- The Pursuit of Democracy / Nagwa Megahed -- Race And Racial Justice In Ontario Educationi / Goli Rezai-Rashti , Allison Segeren and Wayne Martino -- Allowing Girls into Our Schools Does Not Mean That We Have to Include Them / Doria Daniels -- Across Spaces and Places / Leigh-Anne Ingram and Mary A. Drinkwater -- The Pursuit of Cosmopolitanism / Susana Gonçalves -- List of Contributors / Suzanne Majhanovich and Régis Malet.

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In our globalized world, the many facets of diversity are ever more in evidence. Issues of race, class, ethnicity, religion, language, gender, sexual orientation and physical disability are manifestations of diversity that have often evoked negative or even violent reactions in society. And yet, any society that deems itself democratic needs to come to terms with diversity in open, informed and accepting ways. Education has an important role to play in developing socially aware, democratic citizens. The ten chapters in this volume contributed by authors from around the world address some of the tensions inherent in a diverse society and provide examples and recommendations for addressing the challenges of diversity in an equitable and democratic way. Three major themes are considered: developing a pedagogy for diversity; issues of gender and race in democratic education; and the transformative role of the arts in democratic education on diversity. The chapters in the collection present case studies, reports and pedagogical approaches supporting education for diversity. While acknowledging problems posed by local customs, neo-colonialism, and neo-liberalism among others to the development of equitable, accessible and democratic education, the authors provide concrete suggestions for an education that will promote intercultural understanding and democratic citizenship.