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Let's Take a Hard Look at Multicultural Education.
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Washburn, David E. – Multicultural Education, 1994
Offers a descriptive analysis and critical evaluation of multicultural education policy and practice. It examines the three ideological systems for viewing assimilation as proposed by M. M. Gordon: "anglo-conformity"; "melting pot"; and "cultural pluralism." The author includes discussions of two educational policy…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Criticism, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy
Multicultural Education Policy in the United States: A Social Foundations Analysis.
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Washburn, David E. – 1995
This paper presents a reconceptualization of multicultural education for the 21st century through a critical analysis of the current status of multicultural education. Based on Milton M. Gordon's theory of racial and ethnic group relations and assimilation, the paper identifies three ideological systems for viewing…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Pluralism, Diversity (Institutional), Educational Policy