COMMUNITY COHESION, MULTICULTURALISM AND DIVERSITY: WHAT DO TEACHERS NEED TO KNOW AND DO? / COHESIóN COMUNITARIA, MULTICULTURALISMO Y DIVERSIDAD: QUé NECESITAN SABER Y HACER LOS PROFESORES?

This paper considers the impact of mobility and migration of populations and the policy responses to these phenomena when difficulties occur between new and existing cultural and or ethnic groups. The different policy approaches of multiculturalism and social cohesion are considered with their educational implications. These educational approaches are criticized utilizing the concepts of resilience and the developmental theory of Piaget. It is argued that a dynamic synthesis may be a more realistic and positive educational policy aspiration.