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Intercultural Education in Two Teacher-training Courses in the North of the Netherlands

This paper examines the implementation of intercultural education in two teacher-training courses in the north of the Netherlands. The place of intercultural education in the formal curriculum was examined as well as the assessment by the students and teachers of its implementation. It was found that intercultural education has found its place in teacher-training programmes, but only in a marginal way. Students as well as teachers find that the intercultural content of the programmes deserves further development. It also seems that intercultural education does not have a high priority, is offered in a too non-committal way and is formulated in too abstract terms. The institutes do not have well-developed visions pertaining to intercultural education. Teacher-training programmes should be aware of the responsibility they have in better preparing prospective teachers for the reality of multicultural classrooms and a multicultural society. There are, however, indications that the institutes are working on the intercultural dimension of their mission.