Multicultural Education in South Korea

There is an urgent demand for this book in many countries in Asia such as South Korea, Japan, China, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Malaysia where multicultural education is further complicated in the midst of diversification of languages, cultures, identities, communications, economics, ecological systems, and ways of lives around the world. There is also a need for some countries such as Australia, Canada, the United States, the U.K., France, and Germany where multicultural education has been initiated (e.g., Australia, Canada, and the U. S.), multicultural policies have been implemented in a certain degree, and has been further developing but face new challenges due to standardization, evaluation, and high stake testing. -- Ming Fang He, Professor of Curriculum Studies and Author of 'A River Forever Flowing: Cross-Cultural Lives and Identities in the Multicultural Landscape and Exile Curriculum: Compelled to Live In-Between.'

Auteur

Mi Ok Kang is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education at Utah Valley University.

Texte du rabat

This book traces the recent multicultural education policies and the 2009 National Multicultural Curriculum Reform in South Korea, and examines the political, ideological and socio-cultural politics underlying the 2009 reform.

Contenu

1.Who Talks about Multiculturalism in South Korea? 2."The Multicultural Era" and Struggles for Hegemonic Power 3.Politics of Multicultural Knowledge Control in Education and Society 4.Mapping the Pedagogic Device: The Interrelations between the Media, Policy Documents, and the National Curriculum 5.Formation of the Discourses on Multicultural Society and Multicultural Education 6.Examining the National Curriculum: The Politics of Representing Migrant Others 7.The Hidden Curriculum of Multicultural Education: Limitations and Possibilities