This volume gathers analyses discusses and evaluates results of current research on arts and
cultural education in Europe focusing on the challenges of cultural diversity. Cultural
diversity is an increasingly characteristic feature of contemporary societies. Groups with
different ethnic social or cultural backgrounds coexist interact and merge. The challenges of
cultural diversity - its innovative potential as well as tensions and conflicts - are reflected
in transnational discourses on education culture democracy and citizenship. Transcultural
approaches multicultural education and intercultural learning are key concepts. The same
challenges are reflected in arts and cultural education within and outside schools in
teachers' and artists' training cultural and educational policies and research. The thirteen
chapters in this book report on nine countries represented in the European Network of
Observatories in the Field of Arts and Cultural Education (ENO). They showcase good practices
in research and teaching foster the exchange of experiences stimulate researchers and
stakeholders and give insights into their professional practices.
