Teaching Tolerance in a Globalized World

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This open access thematic report identifies factors and conditions that can help schools and education systems promote tolerance in a globalized world. The IEA’s International Civic and Citizenship Study (ICCS) is a comparative research program designed to investigate the ways in which young people are prepared to undertake their roles as citizens, and provides a wealth of data permitting not only comparison between countries but also comparisons between schools within countries, and students within countries. Advanced analytical methods provide insights into relationships between students’ attitudes towards cultural diversity and the characteristics of the students themselves, their families, their teachers and school principals. The rich diversity of educational and cultural contexts in the 38 countries who participated in ICCS 2009 are also acknowledged and addressed. Readers interested in civic education and adolescents’ attitudes towards cultural diversity will find the theoretical perspectives explored engaging. For readers interested in methodology, the advanced analytical methods employed present textbook examples of how to address cross-cultural comparability of measurement instruments and multilevel data structures in international large-scale assessments (ILSA). Meanwhile, those interested in educational policy should find the identification and comparison of malleable factors across education systems that contribute to positive student attitudes towards cultural diversity a useful and thought-provoking resource. Front Matter ....Pages i-vii Teaching Tolerance in a Globalized World: An Introduction (Maria Magdalena Isac, Andrés Sandoval-Hernández, Daniel Miranda)....Pages 1-10 How Do We Assess Civic Attitudes Toward Equal Rights? Data and Methodology (Andrés Sandoval-Hernández, Daniel Miranda, Maria Magdalena Isac)....Pages 11-17 Measurement Model and Invariance Testing of Scales Measuring Egalitarian Values in ICCS 2009 (Daniel Miranda, Juan Carlos Castillo)....Pages 19-31 Influence of Teacher, Student and School Characteristics on Students’ Attitudes Toward Diversity (Ernesto Treviño, Consuelo Béjares, Ignacio Wyman, Cristóbal Villalobos)....Pages 33-65 School Segregation of Immigrant Students (Cristóbal Villalobos, Ernesto Treviño, Ignacio Wyman, Consuelo Béjares)....Pages 67-86 The Role of Classroom Discussion (Diego Carrasco, David Torres Irribarra)....Pages 87-101 The Political Socialization of Attitudes Toward Equal Rights from a Comparative Perspective (Daniel Miranda, Juan Carlos Castillo, Patricio Cumsille)....Pages 103-123 Teaching Tolerance in a Globalized World: Final Remarks (Maria Magdalena Isac, Andrés Sandoval-Hernández, Daniel Miranda)....Pages 125-135 Back Matter ....Pages 137-138