In a primary classroom: from multiculturalism in lowercase to culture in capital letters

Abstract

The present article is an abstract of a case study realised in the context of the investigation: «The principles of comprehensiveness and diversification as a response to diversity in a multicultural school inside Obligatory Education» (CIDE-MEC). It explains the kind of answer that has been made to diversity inside that particular group. This answer refers to a number of issues: presence of diversity and multiculturalism inside the classroom, concept and treatment of diversity, order and development of tasks, use of material and organisation of time and space.