This article describes educational pluralism as a common approach to schooling in which the government funds a wide variety of schools and holds all of them academically accountable. Educational pluralism implies a diverse structure (i.e., schools that differ from one another in meaningful ways) and a common academic content (i.e., all schools…

The cause of ethnic unity progress is a foundational cause for forging a sense of community for the Chinese Nation, and progressive education for school ethnic unity is an important, integral part of the cause of ethnic unity progress. Progressive education curricula for school ethnic unity are school curricula explicitly stipulated by the state.…

In this article, I reflect on my attempts to decolonise religious education at a historically white university in a post-apartheid South Africa. This pre-service education project conducted in 2017 happened against the backdrop of two events, namely, a renewed curriculum policy, Curriculum Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) and the #RhodesMustFall…

In 2013, the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025 (Pre-school to Post-Secondary Education) was launched. Section 3 focussed on ensuring that, in Islamic Education for Muslim students and Moral Education (ME) for non-Muslims, students will be strengthened through understanding values that promote unity and foster good relations among students.…

Multiculturalism is the best approach to helping higher education in the United States make the most of recent demographic changes. Multicultural curricular reform is the cornerstone to successful multicultural education. Isolationism by discipline, interest, or ethnic group, when temporary, is not intrinsically wrong but should be balanced with…

The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) presents a position statement on curriculum guidelines for multiethnic education. A rationale for ethnic pluralism presents goals for school reform; curriculum guidelines describe ideal characteristics of school environments reflecting ethnic pluralism; and a checklist allows assessment of…

This handbook delineates the planning necessary for the development of a program of multicultural education, a concept defined as the recognition of the value of all people in their racial, ethnic, cultural, religious, and physical differences. Included are discussions of options (either student or curriculum-oriented) in developing multicultural…

An advocate of cultural pluralism underscores the need for racial and ethnic diversity in predominantly white suburban schools. (Author)

Discusses the value of multicultural dance education in the core curriculum. Multicultural dance provides a means of understanding cultural differences and helps students understand and clarify their own value systems. Educators communicate values to students through their educational structures which, in dance, cross barriers of language,…

Uses Marxist analysis to criticize the concept of multiculturalism that suggests culturalism's flaw lies in its disjunction of the institutional practices of intellectuals from the operations of the centralized state and the power of corporate business. An agenda is proposed for ethnic culture workers that utilizes economic and cultural analysis…

Studies elementary Catholic-school educators, with a focus on cultural diversity. Discusses key experiences in diverse settings, transforming the curriculum, staffing and hiring practices, and the role of parents in student education. (32 references.) (VWC)

Problems related to multicultural education programs are cited. A model of ambivalent social exchange is presented that: (1) uses components of cultural pluralism while avoiding separatism; and (2) enhances understanding of culture, as represented by various social groups, so that individuals can choose values which allow personal fulfillment. (PP)

Attempts to broaden the theoretical base and practical applications of multicultural education by examining the contributions of European American educators to the process. Advocates members of the dominant culture using their own lives as starting points for studying how that culture is maintained. (MJP)

The Citizenship Education Research Network, a group of Canadian researchers, decision makers, and practitioners, is committed to the development of educational policy and practice concerning the relationship between common values and the stability of society; the impact of citizen participation upon social cohesion; and the relationship between…

This paper examines research on multicultural education and multiculturalism and two forces, prevailing social and political dimensions, that impinge upon the full implementation of multiculturalism in higher education curriculum. Multicultural education is defined as one that incorporates the concepts of cross-cultural understanding and reflects…