Quality and Equity in Education: A Practical Guide to the Council of Europe Vision of Education for Plurilingual, Intercultural and Democratic Citizen - Paperback

by Michael Byram (Editor), Mike Fleming (Editor), Joseph Sheils (Editor)

The work of the Council of Europe in plurilingual and intercultural education is highly influential in Europe and beyond and has been so for many years. The Common European Framework of Reference and its Companion Volume, and related instruments, provide ways in which to implement policies and a broader vision of providing quality and equity in education across the curriculum, a vision which incorporates the core values of the Council of Europe and which educates children and young people to be plurilingual, intercultural and democratic citizens. This book presents this educational vision, demonstrates how it can be realised through the application of Council of Europe instruments in practice, and does so in a way which is easily and quickly accessible to teachers of all subjects and in all educational institutions, as well as to other educationists, including policymakers.

Author Biography

Michael Byram is Professor Emeritus at Durham University, UK. He has published numerous books, including most recently Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence: Revisited (Multilingual Matters, 2021).

Mike Fleming is Professor Emeritus at Durham University, UK. He has published widely on intercultural education and arts education.

Joseph Sheils was formerly Head of the Department of Language Education and Policy at the Council of Europe. He is an Individual Expert Member of the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE).