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Pluralist Debate and Educational Policy--Australian Style.
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Bullivant, Brian M. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1982
Discusses the literature in Australia about cultural pluralism and its implications for educational policy, concentrating on the debate about the merits and weaknesses of the 1978 Australian government adoption of multiculturalism as its guiding policy. Critics accept multiculturalism as valid only in the domain of ethnic family and community.…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries
The Issue of the Language of Instruction in the Lower Forms of Hong Kong Secondary Schools.
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Gibbons, John – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1982
Gives an overview of the issue of English medium and Chinese medium schools in Hong Kong. The issues addressed are: (1) the two official languages in Hong Kong; (2) government policy; (3) selection of language of instruction; (4) problems in the use of English as medium of instruction; and (5) a suggested solution. (AMH)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Chinese, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum