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Institutionalizing Internationalization Within a College of Education: Toward a More Critical Multicultural and Glocal Education Perspective
Multicultural Education in Glocal Perspectives: Policy and Institutionalization (2017)
  • Karen B Dade, Western Washington University
  • Kevin Roxas, Western Washington University
  • Francisco Rios, Western Washington University
Abstract
This conceptually rich and empirically grounded book draws upon expertise from a panel of emerging and established international scholars to explore the institutionalization and effect of multicultural education on a global scale. Previous studies of multicultural education have largely ignored the significance of understanding the combination of multiple sociopolitical influences on multicultural education in both policy and practice. Filling this void, this book sheds light on the two main reasons for taking a “glocal” perspective on multicultural education. First, children should be provided with meaningful learning opportunities to acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to live in a culturally and ethno-linguistically diverse society, where the distinction between the local and the global is becoming blurred. Second, understanding both the “global grammar” and the “local semantics” of multicultural education helps researchers and policy-makers grasp the whole picture of multicultural education as an evolving social construct and phenomenon. This new book provokes a new round of discussion and research to expand and enrich our inquiry into cultural diversity and educational inclusion.
Keywords
  • Multicultural education,
  • College of Education,
  • Cultural diversity,
  • Education inclusion
Publication Date
2017
Editor
Yun-Kyung Cha, Jagdish Gundara, Seung-Hwan Ham, and Moosung Lee
Publisher
Sprinter
DOI
10.1007/978-981-10-2222-7_14
Citation Information
Kevin Roxas, Karen B. McLean Dade and Francisco Rios. "Institutionalizing Internationalization Within a College of Education: Toward a More Critical Multicultural and Glocal Education Perspective" Multicultural Education in Glocal Perspectives: Policy and Institutionalization (2017) p. 201 - 213