Quality and Equity in Education A Practical Guide to the Council of Europe Vision of Education for Plurilingual, Intercultural and Democratic Citizenship

Introduction : quality and equity in education : the Council of Europe vision / Michael Byram and Joseph Sheils -- What do I need to know about 'quality' and 'equity' in education? / María-delCarmen Méndez-García and Mike Fleming -- What do I need to know about plurilingual-and-intercultural and democratic competences? / Louise Tranekjær -- What do I need to know and what can I do about the role language plays in supporting quality and equity in education? / Helmut Johannes Vollmer and Eike Thürmann -- What do I need to know about language as a tool for learning-and-teaching and assessing, when teaching competences for democratic culture and intercultural competences? / Florentina Sâmihăian and Diana-Maria Beldiman -- What do I need to know and do to ensure that my own subject contributes to learners' plurilingual, intercultural and democratic competences? / Helmut Linneweber-Lammerskitten, Silvia Minardi and Irene Pieper -- What do I need to know about quality and equity in the assessment of plurilingual, intercultural and democratic competences and the use of portfolios? / Claudia Borghetti and Martyn Barrett -- What is my role and responsibility as a language teacher in developing language (and other) skills for learning across the curriculum? / Mirjam Egli Cuenat and Marisa Cavalli -- The special case of education for migrants' children / Nathalie Auger and David Little -- Education for integration : the case of adult migrants / Cecilie Hamnes Carlsen, Lorenzo Rocca and Joe Sheils -- As the leader of a language friendly educational institution, what do I need to know about policy making for language and literacy education in a coherent whole-school approach? / Jonas Erin and Waldemar Martyniuk -- Summary / Michael Byram and Joseph Sheils.