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Dilsad Bakir; Esen Altunay – European Journal of Education, 2025
This study aimed to explore the cultural barriers to change in public primary and secondary schools in Türkiye. The study is based on a qualitative research approach. The participants consist of 42 school leaders working in various primary and secondary schools in Türkiye. Data originated from semi-structured interviews and observations, and…
Descriptors: School Culture, Resistance to Change, Cultural Context, Foreign Countries
Feinberg, Walter – 1998
This book examines issues of national and cultural identity in a multicultural society. It focuses on the educational aims of societies that are committed to liberal democratic principles, societies that support members of different cultural groups so that these groups may flourish. It examines the philosophical concerns raised by multicultural…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Culture, Democratic Values
Drum, Jan; Howard, Gary – 1989
Multicultural education deals with human diversity at the domestic level. It incorporates the study of racial and ethnic differences, as well as issues related to gender, age, socioeconomic status, and physical disabilities. Its primary goals are to create a sense of understanding and respect for differences, to overcome prejudice and…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Cross Cultural Studies
Blum, Lawrence A. – 1992
At least four values, or families of values, should be taught in schools and families to respond to the increasingly multiracial and multicultural society of the United States. These are: (1) antiracism or opposition to racism; (2) multiculturalism; (3) a sense of community; and (4) treating persons as individuals. The first three categories are…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Beliefs, Community, Cultural Differences
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O'Keefe, Dennis – International Journal of Social Education, 1994
Discusses multiculturalism in its context as a form of intellectual and historical atonement and points out its internal contradictions. Argues that the Western culture is becoming global, or universal; and, therefore, there should be no school-enforced multiculturalism. (CFR)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Economics
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Elango, Lovett Z. – International Journal of Social Education, 1994
Discusses French colonial rule of Cameroon between World War I and World War II and the establishment of schools specifically for the sons of Cameroon chieftains. Asserts that, like all French education, these schools were elitist. Contends that the French failure to understand African culture doomed these schools to failure. (CFR)
Descriptors: Colonialism, Cultural Differences, Cultural Images, Cultural Influences