Intercultural Education: Proceedings of the International Scientific and Professional Conference (4th, Osijek, Republic of Croatia, September 17-18, 2020)
Author: Mlinarevic, Vesnica, Ed.
Date: 2021-01-00
Type: Collected Works - Proceedings
Subjects: Multicultural Education,Diversity,Cultural Differences,Bilingualism,Children,Refugees,Foreign Countries,Cultural Pluralism,Inclusion,Elementary Schools,Teacher Characteristics,Peer Influence,Rural Areas,Urban Areas,Values,Interpersonal Communication,College Students,College Faculty,Dialects,Newsletters,Emotional Response,Preferences,Music,Folk Culture,Second Language Learning,Predictor Variables,Teaching Methods,Academically Gifted,Gifted Education,Parent Attitudes,Autism,Pervasive Developmental Disorders,Students with Disabilities,Parenting Styles,Interdisciplinary Approach,Transformative Learning,Identification (Psychology),Serbocroatian,Creative Teaching,COVID-19,Pandemics,School Closing,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Economic Factors,Legal Responsibility,Educational Policy,Bilingual Education,Minority Group Students,Educational Games,Student Projects,Secondary Education,Deafness,Literacy Education,Novels,Music Education,Field Trips,Higher Education

4th International Scientific and Professional Conference Intercultural Education and especially this proceedings of scientific and professional papers authored by scientists and practitioners contributes to greater sensitivity to diversity and the creation of an inclusive culture of life in educational institutions and in a multicultural community. The Proceedings with 27 scientific and professional papers and 48 authors from the Republic of Croatia and abroad was published in English, studying relevant topics in the field of intercultural pedagogy from different disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives based on research and scientific, academic and professional insights of authors, after the review process of individual papers, as well as the entire proceedings, involving domestic and international independent reviewers. The proceedings from the 4th International Scientific and Professional Conference Intercultural Education emphasizes and sheds light on certain problems faced by children, students, parents, educators, teachers and the society during the last decades of great change. Multicultural societies, intercultural relations, different cultures in coexistence, bilingualism, children of refugees and displaced persons, differences in society, culture, art and educational practice are elements that need to be improved on a daily basis in order to improve life for coexistence, as evidenced by the topics of scientific and professional papers of this collection. A significant number of papers are focused on the study of diversity in the context of modern curricula that enrich educational practice. Children and students have different needs, come from different cultural communities, different families, and manifest their differences by behaving in different socialization environments in relation to parents, peers, and teachers. Some scientific papers stress the specificity of educational care for students who show peculiarities of different forms and specifics in education while researching ADHD, literacy of deaf children, bilingualism, etc. with different models of support for the different. Interculturalism is also emphasized in art, and several papers elaborate on the importance of the application of traditional music, especially the native folklore expression in teaching and extracurricular activities. [These proceedings were published jointly with the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Center for Scientific Work.]