Ethnicity, Race, and Nationality in Education: A Global Perspective

by Shimahara, N. Ken; Holowinsky, Ivan Z.; Tomlinson-Clarke, Saundra

• ISBN13: 9781410601780
• ISBN10: 1410601781
• Copyright: 2001-08-12
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

Explores contemporary issues of ethnic, cultural, and national identities and their influence on the social construction of identity, from the perspectives of seven nations: China, Israel, Japan, South Africa, Ukraine, Wales, & the U.S.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Ethnicity, Race, and Academic Achievement

Reconceptualizing Ethnicity and Educational Achievement

Confucianism and the Educational Process: A Comparative Analysis of Chinese and Chinese American Identity Development in Education

Ethnic and Racial Identities in National Contexts

Multicultural Identities and Adaptation of Young Immigrants in Israel

Buraku Students and Cultural Identity: The Case of a Japanese Minority

Culture, Race, and Ethnicity in Education in South Africa

Changing Ethnic and Racial Maps and Education

Teachers, the South African State, and the Desegregation of Schools in the 1990s

Demographic Diversity and Higher Education Reorganization in South Africa: The Applicability of U.S. Models

Education and Identity Within a Psychological and Sociocultural Context

Language and National Identity

Educational Reform and the Language Issue in Ukraine

Local Identity and National Systems: The Case of Wales

Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in China

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