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International Association for Intercultural Education
Definition
- The origins and character of the International Association for Intercultural Education (IAIE) need to be placed within the context of developments in Europe after World War II. These key developments include the following: (a) coming to terms with some 50 million dead on the European continent due to the war, and especially the scars of Fascism and the Holocaust; (b) the decolonization of countries in the Asian and African continents and the subsequent migration of millions from these former colonies to Western Europe; (c) a series of refugee crises associated with war and conflict, such as the conflict in the Balkans in the 1990s; (d) the creation of a Europe divided into communist and capitalist blocs and a connected stream of migrants from the East to the West of Europe—and later on the dissolution of the communist bloc; (e) starting in the 1960s, the recruitment of millions of so-called guest workers to countries such as Germany and the Netherlands to help fuel the growing need for labor in expanding economies; and (f) traditional emigration countries developing into immigration countries, such as Portugal and Greece. The Challenge to Educational Systems The six developments noted above, each significant in its own right, created challenges for educational systems, especially in Western Europe. [Source: Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education; International Association for Intercultural Education]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/International_Association_for_Intercultural_Education
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