ABSTRACT

This handbook for educators and researchers consists of an unparalleled set of conceptual essays and empirical studies that advance new perspectives and build empirical ground on multicultural education issues from 10 different selected societies in Asia Pacific. This unique, edited book will be a solid resource particularly for graduate students, educators, and researchers involved in multicultural education, given its multiple balances in terms of 1) conceptual essays, empirical studies, and practical implications; 2) contributions from emerging scholars, established scholars, and leading scholars in the field; and 3) comprehensive coverage of key subareas in multicultural education. Given the growing need for in-depth understanding of multicultural education issues in the Asia Pacific region where we have witnessed increasing human mobility and interaction across countries and societies, this edited book is the only research-based handbook entirely focusing on multicultural education in Asia Pacific.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

Multicultural education research in Asia Pacific 1

part 1|73 pages

Conceptualizations and perspectives

chapter 3|14 pages

Multicultural education and human rights

Toward achieving harmony in a global age 1

chapter 5|14 pages

Intercultural and international understanding

Noncentric knowledge and curriculum in Asia 1

part 2|64 pages

Teaching, learning, and curriculum

chapter 6|8 pages

“Consensus not conflict”

Harmony and multicultural education in Singapore

chapter 8|16 pages

Curricular challenges to human rights in the Mekong

Disputed histories, contested identities

chapter 9|12 pages

Commitment and inconsistency in teaching tolerance

The new curriculum in Indonesia

part 3|83 pages

Leadership and policy

chapter 12|12 pages

Historicizing hegemonies

Chinese school policies in postwar Singapore and Hong Kong

chapter 14|13 pages

Understanding multicultural Japan

Four frameworks

chapter 15|12 pages

Perceiving multicultural Australia

Policy changes and curriculum directions

chapter 16|15 pages

Multicultural education policy in South Korea

Current struggles and hopeful vision 1

part 4|57 pages

Equity and social justice in the context of diversity

chapter 17|14 pages

Making Tibetans in China

Educational challenges and harmonious multiculturalism 1

chapter 18|13 pages

Hui students in eastern China

A call for multicultural social justice education

chapter 19|14 pages

Chinese immigrant students and cross-boundary students in Hong Kong

A call for equity through culturally relevant teaching practices

chapter 20|14 pages

Monolingualism in multicultural Australia

Paradoxes and challenges