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Teachers’ initial training in cultural diversity in Spain: attitudes and pedagogical strategies

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This paper examines a number of issues relating to educational responsibility for increasing social cohesion and preventing the segregation of people from different cultures who have to pass through the Spanish educational system. Using a descriptive analysis, we review the present situation. Our review shows that the treatment of cultural diversity by Spanish universities is, in general, insufficient with respect to the training needs that students will demand from the educational system both now and in the future. Simply taking a single course on intercultural issues is not enough to prepare teachers to cope with cultural diversity in the school and classroom. Therefore, educational approaches, curriculum planning, teacher organization and teaching methodology all need to change in the earliest stages of teacher training. A important first step would be to develop positive attitudes toward diversity and inclusion, which can then guide new educational approaches. In turn, these can focus on innovation wi...