Multicultural contacts in education: A case study of an exchange project between different ethnic groups

Educational Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-114

  Schuitema, Jaap ^a   Veugelers, Wiel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Citizenship education; Ethnic groups; Exchange projects; Intercultural education; Intergroup contact

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651107365     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055691003729252     Document Type: Article

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