This document discusses the concepts of diversity, cultural diversity, and interculturality in a globalized world. It argues that embracing pluriculturalism is important for inclusive societies that accept, welcome, and include people of all cultural backgrounds. The document also discusses how education systems can enhance understanding of human diversity and prepare students for a globalized world through developing skills like global competence, lifelong learning, and learning to collaborate in diverse environments. Finally, it emphasizes that collective efforts are needed to transform the world and build a sustainable common future for all.
Pluriculturalism. Enhancing Concepts and Meanings, Changing Mindsets
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Pluriculturalism
▪ From Diversity to Cultural Diversity: Understanding Pluriculturalism
▪ Finding meaning and long-term sense in education as part of global evolution
Enhancing concepts and meanings: Changing mindsets
Neus Lorenzo i Galés
Universitat d’Andorra (UdA)
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2. Whom with? Whom for? What for?
Collective Purpose: Building Communiy, Creating Knowledge
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3. Diversity in a Global World?
1,000,000 of Species are in Danger of Extinction
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4. Biodiversity in Human Species: One
together!
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Hummingbird, Calypte Anna.
Culture, Language and Tradition.
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HSBC Diversity Awards, NZ, 2019
5. ▪Engaging teachers in Social Justice
University of Andorra:
- Master for Educators
- Modul 4: Democratic Values
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6. Embracing Pluriculturalism
in a Global Society
Accepting
Welcoming
Including - Sharing
Cultural diversity
Interculturality
Social plural identities
Embracing Pluriculturalism
7. Active purpose: inclusion, interaction, co-working
Ref: https://languagemagazine.com/internetedition/images/managing-diversity_jan15.jpg
Diversity is a natural
characteristic of
human beings, but
Interculturality is the
conscious process of
mutual acceptance
in a plural world.
8. Diversity and Cultural Diversity
US –HUD: Diversity)
Diversity encompasses the
range of similarities
and differences each individual
brings, including but not
limited to national origin,
language, race, color,
disability, ethnicity, gender,
age, religion,
sexual orientation, gender
identity, socioeconomic status,
veteran status, and family
structures.
Source: https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/administration/admabout/diversity_inclusion/definitions
Department of Housing and Urban Development (US)
UNESCO: Cultural Diversity
Cultural Diversity refers to the
manifold ways in which the cultures
of groups and societies find
expression.
It is made manifest not only through
the cultural heritage of humanity is
expressed, augmented and
transmitted, but also through diverse
modes of artistic creation,
production, dissemination,
distribution and enjoyment.
Source: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001429/142919e.pdf
UNESCO
9. Interculturality
The inclusive mind-set of
participatory acceptance that
students adopt towards a person, a
group, an institution, an issue, a
behaviour or a symbol from
anywhere in the world.
Openness towards people from other cultural
background
Respect for cultural differences and
Global–Mindedness and embracing of cultural
diversity
Action towards the common good
Global
Citizenship
10. Finding meaning and long-term sense in education…
https://www.globalgoals.org/
United Nations
Agenda 2030
11. Understanding Layers of Human Diversity:
Educational Enhancement
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Digital Education
for all of the above
Earth Territory Exchange Knowledge
The four Anthropological Spaces
Pierre Levy (1997)
Planet People Production Purpose
The 4-P for the SDGs in the UN Agenda
UNESCO (2015)
13. Educational Ecosystems:
Dealing with Multi-layers of Reality
in Pluricultural Environments.
UNESCO: Artificial Intelligence in Education.
Ref: https://en.unesco.org/artificial-intelligence/education
14. Growing demand
for jobs 2020-2039
Computer Programmers?
Home and Personal Health Care!
Information Security &
Data Analysis
15. 21st C. Systemic Transformation: Processes and Mechanics
1- Context awareness
2- Understanding information
3- Action based on evidence
4- Embracing plurality
Gallon, R., Lorenzo, N., Burriel, F., (2021)
18. CULTURE
DEVELOPMENT
LEARNING TO BE
A LIFELONG LEARNER
IN A GLOBAL WORLD
Strategic Thinking
LEARNING TO LEARN
Learning to Live and Collaborate in Diversity
Skills
LEARNING
Individual Learning Competences
Organizational
Learning
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19. We need to
transform the world:
Whom with? Whom for?
What for?
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- Worldwide networks
- Parents and students
- Next generations’ sustainability
... to build our
common future!
20. Thanks for your attention!
More Information:
http://transformationsociety.net
ray@transformationsociety.net
neus@transformationsociety.net
Societat Catalana de Pedagogia
Institut d’Estudis Catalans