ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the pedagogical goals and methods of several models of ethnocentric education. E. D. Hirsch rejects multicultural education and those forms of ethnocentric education based on the cultures of dominated groups. Hirsch's core knowledge curriculum teaches a form of ethnocentric education that is centered in the European American experience. He believes that the inculcation of this culture will benefit the children of dominated cultures by providing them with the same cultural background as those children from "advantaged families." Multilingualism is essential for preserving native cultures and crossing the borders between the native and global worlds. Preservation of native languages is essential to the preservation of indigenous cultures because they provide access to traditional history, heroes, customs, and beliefs. Consequently, the fourteen models stress the importance of maintaining native language, culture, history, and values to temper the future course of civilization.
