ABSTRACT

This volume is the first authoritative reference work to provide a truly comprehensive international description and analysis of multicultural education around the world. It is organized around key concepts and uses case studies from various nations in different parts of the world to exemplify and illustrate the concepts. Case studies are from many nations, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Norway, Bulgaria, Russia, South Africa, Japan, China, India, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brazil, and Mexico. Two chapters focus on regions – Latin America and the French-speaking nations in Africa. The book is divided into ten sections, covering theory and research pertaining to curriculum reform, immigration and citizenship, language, religion, and the education of ethnic and cultural minority groups among other topics.

With fortynewly commissioned pieces written by a prestigious group of internationally renowned scholars, The Routledge International Companion to Multicultural Education provides the definitive statement on the state of multicultural education and on its possibilities for the future.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

part |93 pages

Multicultural education and diversity across nations

chapter |17 pages

Multicultural education in the United States

Historical realities, ongoing challenges, and transformative possibilities

chapter |13 pages

Multicultural education policy in Canada

Competing ideologies, interconnected discourses *

chapter |12 pages

Multicultural education in Australia

Two generations of evolution

part |26 pages

Culture, teaching, and learning

part |69 pages

Citizenship, immigration, and education

part |39 pages

Language, culture, identity, and education

part |37 pages

The education of ethnic and cultural minority groups in Europe