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Wan, Minggang; Wang, Jie – Chinese Education & Society, 2023
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.…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Sense of Community, Progressive Education, Asian Culture
Tabatadze, Shalva – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2019
This article reviews the educational policy for the integration of society in Georgia. It is an analytical research paper on the current situation of ethnic minority education in Georgia. The problems and opportunities of bilingual education policy are analysed in the article. The content analysis research method was utilised in the study. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingual Education, Educational Policy, Social Integration

Social Education, 1976
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…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum, Curriculum Development

Brown, Patricia K. – History Teacher, 1979
Discusses why ethnic studies should be taught, the infusion, compensatory, and conceptual methods of teaching, considerations about teaching ethnic studies, and possible outcomes. Also suggests that an ideal course would deal with functions of ethnicity and formation and adaptation of ethnic groups. (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups

San Juan, E., Jr. – MELUS, 1994
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…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Interrelationships, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development
Princes, Carolyn D. W.; Igbineweka, Andrew O. – 1995
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…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Interrelationships
Passow, A. Harry – 1975
This paper asserts that most of the urban and suburban schools are racially and ethnically isolated. Consequently, what are needed are curricula suited to a culturally diverse population which does not attend culturally and ethnically diverse schools. Thus, one issue requiring examination, it is stated, is the extent to which curricula are similar…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Background, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development

Alkan, Metin – European Journal of Teacher Education, 1990
Analyzes intercultural education, looking at the dynamics of agenda building as a political process. Theoretical and ideological assumptions underlying the concept of intercultural education are discussed. The article says use of this concept serves the purpose of issue containment within the arena of conflict where educational policy alternatives…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Educational Policy
Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. – American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, 1991
The cult of ethnicity in general and the Afrocentric campaign in particular do not bode well for U.S. education or for the future of the country. The debate over ethnocentric curricula is traced. Commentaries by R. Walters and D. D'Souza elaborate on issues of multicultural education. (SLD)
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Blacks, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development
American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, 1991
Introduces a special section containing three articles and six commentaries, which discuss the form that multicultural education should take and consider whether children are well-served by a unified curriculum for all or ethnocentric curricula for various ethnic groups. Provides several examples of a multicultural approach. (SLD)
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Childhood Needs, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education
Sedlacek, William E. – 1995
In 1990 the Lilly Endowment committed $6 million to a competitive grants program for four-year independent Midwest colleges interested in enhancing racial and ethnic diversity and building a more inclusive community within their institutional settings. The initiative aimed to improve the overall campus climate, to increase the number of racial…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Colleges, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development
Hepburn, Mary A. – Prospects, 1992
Describes the origins and development of cultural pluralism in the United States. Proposes four theoretical approaches to pluralism. Concludes that coexistence multiculturalism offers the greatest potential for developing mutual understanding among many races and ethnic groups. (CFR)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Cultural Interrelationships, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development
Spears, Jacqueline D.; And Others – 1990
Rural Amrica has been experiencing dramatic changes in the transition toward a socially and culturally diverse society. This study is a first effort to explore multicultural reform in rural schools. Multicultural education is the process by which the school environment is modified to accommodate cultural differences as well as to teach the role…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Community Characteristics, Cultural Differences
Ploumis-Devick, Evelyn; Follman, Joseph – 1995
The purpose of this publication is to provide educators with useful information on and examples of how teachers and students can better communicate and learn in today's culturally diverse classrooms. Educators are offered background information and resources for increasing sensitivity and responsiveness to the needs of students of different…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness