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Sleeter, Christine E. – Intercultural Education, 2014
Multicultural education usually arises from a concern that schools prepare young people for constructive public participation as citizens in a diverse society that is struggling with equity issues. Conventional multicultural education, which I will critique, tends to assume a liberal conception of citizenship that is based on individualism and a…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Citizenship Education, Neoliberalism, Citizenship
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Betro, Rita – Intercultural Education, 2014
Even though gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people have existed in society for centuries, from an historical perspective the gay civil rights timeline is fairly recent, with significant changes seen in the last decade in Canada. Internationally, Denmark recognized same-sex partnerships in 1989, but only from 2005 to 2010 did Spain, Canada,…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Foreign Countries
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Davis, Bryan L.; Rubinstein-Avila, Eliane – Intercultural Education, 2013
The article provides a critical review of the global scholarship on Holocaust education (HE). Despite the growing body of work on this topic, a search through major academic databases by the authors revealed that no such review of the research literature has been published as of yet. The review focuses on three main themes across the research…
Descriptors: Death, European History, Jews, Foreign Countries
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Leung, Yan Wing; Lo, Yan Lam – Intercultural Education, 2012
As in most countries, human rights education (HRE) in Hong Kong has never been high on the educational agenda. In 2009, a compulsory subject, Liberal Studies (LS), which could be used as a platform for HRE, was introduced. The Hong Kong Institute of Education launched a research and development project which, as one of its objectives, studied LS…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Childrens Rights