Combining Differentiated Instruction with practices from Intercultural Education an exploratory case study from a Finnish classroom

While classrooms are becoming gradually more multicultural and multilingual, many teachers implement practices of theories like Differentiated Instruction (DI) and Intercultural Education (IE) in their teaching to cater to their students' variety of learning needs and promote equity (Valiandes,...

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Main Author: Nanou, Vereniki
Other Authors: Kasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekunta, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Kasvatustieteiden laitos, Department of Education, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2024
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Online Access: https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/98983
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