Factors influencing curriculum reform in accordance with the pluralistic and ethnic nature of American society are examined. The author recommends that curriculum change be guided by an eclectic ideological position, which he calls the pluralist-assimilationist position. (Author/DB)

This paper asserts that neither the cultural pluralist nor the assimilationist ideology can adequately guide curriculum reform, and advocates the adoption of a pluralist-assimilationist ideology. The pluralist-assimilationist assumes that while the ethnic group and the ethnic community are very important in the socialization of individuals,…

Most reforms related to pluralistic education have been rejected by mainstream American educators primarily for ideological reasons. The fading of the intergroup education movement of the 1940s and 50s is an instance of the failure of educators to internalize the philosophy of multiethnic and multicultural education. The positions of mainstream…