Multicultural Education in Glocal Perspectives: Policy and Institutionalization

Yun-Kyung Cha, Jagdish Gundara, Seung-Hwan Ham, Moo Sung LEE

    Research output: Book/ReportEdited Bookpeer-review

    16 Citations (Scopus)

    Abstract

    This conceptually rich and empirically grounded book draws upon expertise from a panel of emerging and established international scholars to explore the institutionalization and effect of multicultural education on a global scale. Previous studies of multicultural education have largely ignored the significance of understanding the combination of multiple sociopolitical influences on multicultural education in both policy and practice. Filling this void, this book sheds light on the two main reasons for taking a “glocal” perspective on multicultural education. First, children should be provided with meaningful learning opportunities to acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to live in a culturally and ethno-linguistically diverse society, where the distinction between the local and the global is becoming blurred. Second, understanding both the “global grammar” and the “local semantics” of multicultural education helps researchers and policy-makers grasp the whole picture of multicultural education as an evolving social construct and phenomenon. This new book provokes a new round of discussion and research to expand and enrich our inquiry into cultural diversity and educational inclusion
    Original languageEnglish
    PublisherSpringer
    Number of pages223
    Volume8
    ISBN (Electronic)9789811022227
    ISBN (Print)9789811022227
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016

    Fingerprint

    Dive into the research topics of 'Multicultural Education in Glocal Perspectives: Policy and Institutionalization'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

    Cite this