Global migration, the quest by diverse groups for equality, and the rise of populist nationalism have complicated the development of citizenship and citizenship education in nations around the world. Many racial, ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and religious groups are denied structural inclusion into their nation-state. Consequently, they do not…

Since the 1990s, ethnic studies and other components of multicultural education have been criticized by neo-conservative and assimilationist scholars who maintain that school diversity initiatives weaken national identity and fail to help students attain the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to function effectively in the national mainstream…

Uses an article from a previous issue as a basis for a discussion of ethnic studies programs. (IRT)

Our society, polarized and dehumanized largely because of institutional racism and ethnic hostility, must eliminate conflicts between the races in the 1970's. (Author)

Ethnic studies should be viewed as a process of curriculum reform that will result in the creation of a new curriculum that is based on new assumptions and new perspectives, and which will help students to gain novel views of the American experience and a new conception of what it means to be American. (Author)

Maintains that students must study ethnicity to attain a total understanding of American society. The author analyzes and evaluates multiethnic components of a social studies program and recommends comprehensive testing to determine the success of each component. Examples of testing techniques are presented. (Author/DB)

To remain a free and pluralistic society, we can neither do away with the Western canon nor exclude the contributions of non-European ethnic groups. Given the tremendous social class and racial cleavages in U.S. society, claims that studies of ethnic diversity will threaten national cohesion are unfounded. (17 references) (MLH)

Curriculum specialists have devised ethnic studies programs without giving serious thought to the basic issues which should be considered when curriculum changes are made. (Author)

Because ethnicity is a salient part of the American social system, the author discusses the need for students to be tolerant of cultural differences. In addition, definitions of ethnicity are given, developments of recent trends are briefly traced, and criteria for selection of ethnic minority content and the value of this content are discussed.…

This essay defines and delineates the boundaries of some major concepts related to education and pluralism and suggests programmatic and policy implications to help educators to clarify, specify, and evaluate their goals as related to ethnicity and pluralism in American society. (JD)

This paper delineates some basic characteristics of ethnic groups in contemporary American society and develops a typology for defining and classifying ethnic groups which is more consistent with the current characteristics of ethnic groups than many existing definitions and typologies. Several social forces have changed the characteristics and…

Many recently-developed ethnic studies programs in public schools and colleges lack clear objectives. Also, they offer guidelines which do not reflect current research and learning theory. Reviews theories of acculturation and ethnic cultural components in terms of their relevance to program content and goals. (Author/AV)

This book is designed to help preservice and inservice educators clarify the philosophical and definitional issues related to pluralistic education, and design and implement effective teaching strategies that reflect ethnic diversity, and prepare sound guidelines for multiethnic programs and practices. It describes actions that educators can take…

A multiethnic interdisciplinary model for teaching the Bicentennial is proposed. A short synopsis of the role of blacks and Indians in the Revolution is included. (JR)