This paper explores the challenge of diversity in an increasingly multicultural world, and adopts the position that the valuing of diversity can be taught – especially within the context of teacher training and education in general. It gives an overview of major components of diversity training within the context of multicultural counseling, and stresses what counseling can offer teacher training in regard to diversity issues and competencies for the Greek educational setting. Finally, it examines key notions of difference and ‘otherness’ in Greek thought, which can inform contemporary discourse on diversity and multicultural counseling theory and practice.
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Issari, P. Valuing Diversity in the Schools: Learning from Multicultural Counseling for Teachers in the Greek Educational Setting. Int J Adv Counselling 28, 71–78 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-005-9004-z
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