The speed scale and spread of international migration and globalisation have firmly placed the
issue of intercultural dialogue at the top of the educational agenda in Europe and elsewhere.
In this book Skrefsrud sheds light on intercultural dialogue as a key competence for teachers
working in changing and diverse classrooms. In the first part the notion of dialogue is
explored with the theory of culture religion and communication as the focus. In the second
part Skrefsrud analyses the government-initiated curriculum framework for teacher education in
Norway and discusses the preconditions for intercultural dialogue in educational policies. The
analysis illustrates how difficult it is to make issues of difference permeate all aspects of
teacher preparation.
