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Communication in the Multicultural Classroom: A Challenge in Twenty-First Century Education

Teachers, Students, Families and Administrators

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This chapter describes what happens in a modern classroom, when teachers and students of different races and cultures meet to engage in the teaching-learning process.

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Matteucci, R. (2017). Communication in the Multicultural Classroom: A Challenge in Twenty-First Century Education. In: Paradoxes in Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-185-8_8

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