Education and state of autonomy in the face of the challenge of European multiculturalism ; Educación y estado de las autonomías ante el reto del multiculturalismo europeo
In this article, Dr. José Manuel Esteve presents the challenge for our country in a multinational political unit, as Europe hopes to be, as opposed to the variety of a state structured into Autonomous Communities. Through a review of our history, since the reign of the Catholic Monarchs to the present day, he describes specific moments in which the administration has tried to unify by law the variety of Spain, carrying out what he calls a "melting-pot policy". According to him, the process of European unification should stand upon the reinforcement of a common body of values which are able to promote a European identity and boost real unity through variety. The present day situation, which transfers to the educational field the different ways of socialization produced by a multicultural and multilingual society, contemplates new educational problems, among them the qualification of teachers to teach in a class that comprises students from different origin, the supervision and enlargement of curricular contents and the learning languages in order to improve communication between peoples. In short, he supports a multifaceted outlook on education after the acceptance of variety. ; El Doctor José Manuel Esteve plantea en este artículo el reto que supone la integración del Estado en una Comunidad política supraestatal, como la que aspira a ser Europa, frente a la diversidad de un Estado organizado en Comunidades Autónomas. A través de un repaso por nuestra historia, desde los Reyes Católicos a la actualidad, describe momentos en los que la denominada por él "política del crisol" intenta unificar por decreto la diversidad de España. En su opinión, el proceso de unidad europea deberá basarse en el fortalecimiento de un núcleo de valores comunes capaces de fomentar una identidad europea y promover una unidad real a través de la diversidad. La situación actual, que traslada a la institución escolar los diferentes modelos de socialización producidos por una sociedad multicultural y multilingüe, plantea nuevos problemas ...