Doctoral project: Possibilities and challenges of interculturality in education
This doctoral project focuses on possibilities and challenges of interculturality in education. Through classroom observations and student interviews at a multicultural school, students' and teachers' interactions and interpretations are investigated.
Project information
Doctoral student
Jonna Arenlind
Supervisor
Per Strömblad
Assistant supervisor
Johanna Jormfeldt
Participating organizations
Linnaeus University
Financier
Linnaeus University
Timetable
2020-2026
Subject
Political science with a didactic focus (Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences)
More about the project
In school research, it has been pointed out how, though students have different experiences and identities, school education is 'monocultural', largely influenced by the majority culture in society. This may lead to an exclusion of minority students' experiences and hinder their possibilities to take on the educational content. For this reason, Intercultural education emphasises an increased awareness of the role of culture in education, the inclusion of school staff with diverse backgrounds, and teaching methods which pay attention to minority cultures as resources in education. In this project, I investigate the daily lives of students and teachers at a Secondary school using the intercultural approach. Central questions revolve around how students and teachers interact and interpret questions regarding culture in daily school life, and how the school challenges and reproduces social structures through its intercultural approach.
