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ERIC Number: EJ1486371
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0305-5698
EISSN: EISSN-1465-3400
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Intercultural Mediation in School. The Spanish Education System and Growing Cultural Diversity
Educational Studies, v51 n4 p679-699 2025
In Spain intercultural mediation developed within the framework of interculturality fostered by the European Union and stimulated by the arrival of foreign-origin populations. This has meant rethinking the policies and actions implemented to incorporate this new population. The schools, which reflect the social reality, have gradually responded to the needs that have been detected. Thus, within inclusiveness, interculturality and intercultural education, it was believed that the intercultural mediator was a figure (whether professional or natural) whose work could improve intercultural relations. From a survey of representatives of management teams (from 1,730 Spanish primary schools), the extent to which intercultural mediation are used and the functions attributed. The results indicate that intercultural mediation has not been consolidated, but competes with other professional profiles for its own field of intervention. Furthermore, although the mediators are positively valued, their action is mainly focused on conflict resolution.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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Author Affiliations: 1Faculty of Education, Psychology and Social Work, Department of Sciences of Education, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain; 2Faculty of Education, Psychology and Social Work, Department of Psychology, Sociology and Social Work, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain