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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED249324 AUTHOR: Craft, Maurice, Ed.
TITLE: Education and Cultural Pluralism. Contemporary
Analysis in Education Series, No. 6.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1984
NOTE: 199 p.
AVAILABILITY: The Falmer Press, Taylor & Francis, Inc., 242
Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-1906 ($16.00 per
copy).
ABSTRACT: This collection of papers focusing on
multicultural education in Great Britain is addressed to
administrators, teachers, teacher educators, students, and
policymakers. Most of the papers review such themes as the
development of educational policy, the school curriculum,
the educational performance of West Indian and other ethnic
minority children, and the relationships of home, school,
and community in a diverse society. Several papers consider
the policy implication of equality, diversity and social
cohesion as societal objectives; the nature and limitations
of popular assumptions in multicultural education; and the
available research on these subjects. An introduction by
Maurice Craft reviews the recent debate over multicultural
education and asserts that its nature is increasingly
ideological. Remaining authors and their papers include:
(1) Maurice Craft, "Education for Diversity"; (2) Richard
Willey, "Policy Responses in Education"; (3) James Lynch,
"Curriculum and Assessment"; (4) Ken Thomas, "Intercultural
Relations in the Classroom"; (5) Viv Edwards, "Language
Issues in School"; (6) The Linguistic Minorities Project,
"Bilingualism and Mother Tongue Teaching in England"; (7)
Peter Figueroa, "Minority Pupil Progress"; (8) Sally
Tomlinson, "Home, School, and Community"; and (9) Robert
Jeffcoate, "Ideologies and Multicultural Education." A
bibliography, notes on contributors, and an index also are
included. (Author/KH)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Bilingualism-; Cultural-Pluralism;
Elementary-Secondary-Education; Foreign-Countries;
Political
Attitudes; Racial-Attitudes; School-Community-Relationship
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Ethnic-Relations; *Minority-Groups;
*Multicultural-Education; *Public-Policy; *Racial-Relations
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