Provides insight into the actual implementation of policy for ethnic minorities' education
Casts new light on diverse culture and life of ethnic minorities in China
Offers detailed case studies as well as theoretical treatments to develop a basic education model for ethnic minority children with cultural sensitivity

Provides insights into the real-world implementation of policies for ethnic minorities' education Sheds new light on diverse cultures and life of ethnic minorities in China Offers detailed case studies as well as theoretical treatments to develop a culturally sensitive basic education model for ethnic minority children

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Fred Dervin is Professor of Multicultural Education at the University of Helsinki, Finland and Distinguished and Visiting Professor at different universities around the world. Dervin has written extensively about interculturality in (teacher) education, proposing to systematise the use of critical and reflexive perspectives. Mei Yuan is Associate Professor at the School of Education, Minzu University of China. Yuan has led many research projects on Minzu and intercultural education and is recipient of many awards for her contributions to 'minority' education. Sude is Professor at the School of Education, Minzu University of China. His research interests include multicultural education, diversity in teacher education and intercultural competence in superdiverse institutions and he is considered as one of the most influential scholars in the field of Chinese Minzu education. Ning Chen is Lecturer at Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts (China) and Visiting Scholar at the Faculty of Educational Sciences of the University of Helsinki, Finland. Chen specialises in diversity in higher education.

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Chapter 1: Studying Chinese Minority Education.- Chapter 2: Chinese Education for Ethnic Minorities: Achievements and Experiences Since the Founding of New China.- Chapter 3: Policy Analyses of Education for Ethnic Minorities in China.- Chapter 4: Case 1 - Fengping Ethnic Middle School, Yunnan Province.- Chapter 5: Case 2 - Mengyue Nine-year School, Yunnan Province.- Chapter 6: Case 3 - Namu Primary School, Yunnan Province.- Chapter 7: Case 4 - Xishan Primary School, Yunnan Province.- Chapter 8: Case 5 - Xishan Middle School, Yunnan Province.- Chapter 9: Case 6 - Mingshe Primary School, Yunnan Province.- Chapter 10: Case 7 - Fangxiang Ethnic Primary School, Guizhou Province.- Chapter 11: Case 8 - Leishan No. 2 Middle School, Guizhou Province.- Chapter 12: Case 9 - Luoxiang Middle School, Guizhou Province.- Chapter 13: Case 10 - Ashinu Central Primary School, Qinghai Province.- Chapter 14: Case 11 - Hualong Ethnic Middle School, Qinghai Province.- Chapter 15: Findings, Countermeasures and Recommendations.- Afterword.