TY  - JOUR
A1  - Civitillo, Sauro
A1  - Schachner, Maja Katharina
A1  - Juang, Linda P.
A1  - van de Vijver, Fons J. R.
A1  - Handrick, Anna
A1  - Noack, Peter
T1  - Towards a better understanding of cultural diversity approaches at school
BT  - a multi-informant and mixed-methods study
JF  - Learning, Culture and Social Interaction
N2  - The current study investigates two types of cultural diversity approaches at school, namely (1) fostering equality and (2) promoting cultural pluralism. Adopting a mixed-methods design, this study assesses teachers' (n = 207) and students' (n = 1,644) self-reported perceptions of descriptive norms and evaluates school practices and artefacts in the physical and virtual environment of 22 secondary schools in south-west Germany. Results showed that in all schools under investigation teachers and students perceived descriptive norms fostering mostly equality. A wide variety of practices and artefacts was found, revealing a third distinct cultural approach leaning towards endorsing the majority culture. Different practices and artefacts were linked to an emphasis on equality, cultural pluralism, and endorsing the majority culture. Implications for educational policy, as well as applied diversity research, are discussed.
KW  - Cultural diversity
KW  - School
KW  - Equality
KW  - Pluralism
KW  - Mixed-methods
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lcsi.2016.09.002
SN  - 2210-6561
VL  - 12
SP  - 1
EP  - 14
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Oxford
ER  -