Cultural Education – Cultural Sustainability Minority, Diaspora, Indigenous and Ethno-Religious Groups in Multicultural Societies

Contributors

Preface Zvi Bekerman & Ezra Kopelowitz

Acknowledgements

Introduction Zvi Bekerman & Ezra Kopelowitz

Part I The State as a Determining Factor for Cultural Sustainability

1 Muslim Schools in England and The Netherlands: Sustaining Cultural Continuity Geoffrey Walford

2 The Catch 22 of Categorization: Soviet Jews, Caucasus Jews and Dilemmas of Multiculturalism in Israel Chen Bram

3 Achieving Cultural Sustainability?: The Phenomenon of Jewish and Muslim Schools in England and Wales Marie Parker-Jenkins

4 Education and Cultural Sustainability for the Minority People in China: Challenges in the Era of Economic Reform and Globalization Jing Lin

5 Cultural Sustainability: An Ethnographic Case Study of a Mongol High School in China Bing Wang

6 The Hidden Curriculum of Assimilation in Modern Chinese Education: Fuelling Indigenous Tibetan and Uygur Cessation Movements Seonaigh MacPherson & Gulbahar Beckett

Part II Communal Infrastructure and Cultural Sustainability in Different National Contexts

7 Agents of Socialization: The Educational Agenda of Basque Centers in Basque Transnational Communities Gloria Totoricagüena

8 Korean Exceptionalism?: History, Culture, Politics, and Ethnic Relations in Northeast China Sheena Choi

9 Born with Gold in Your Mouth: Maintaining Identity in Australian Coptic Orthodox Young Adults Richard Rymarz & Marian de Souza

10 Retaining Ethnic Identity: The Armenians in Bulgaria Mari Firkatian

Part III Formal Educational Institutions and the Battle against the Hegemony of Liberal Culture

11 Race and Minority Schooling in Canada: Dealing with Questions of Equity and Access in Education George J. Sefa Dei

12 Reversing Deculturalization for Better or for Worse: Teaching Hawaiian Culture in Public Schools Gay Garland Reed

13 The Land is the First Teacher: The Indigenous Knowledge Instructors’ Program Celia Haig-Brown & Kaaren Dannenmann

14 Old Order Amish Private Schools: Preparing Children and Preserving Community Karen M. Johnson-Weiner

15 Arguments as Venues for Cultural Education: A Comparison of Epistemic Practices at General and Religious Schools in Israel Eli Gottlieb

16 "Dorks with Yarmulkes": An Ethnographic Inquiry Into the Surprised Embrace of Parochial Day Schools by Liberal American Jews Alex Pomson

Part IV Everyday Life and the Medias of Cultural Transmission

18 Singing the Stories of Diaspora Jewish Identity in Canada Joi Freed-Garrod

19 New Worlds, Old Values: Cultural Maintenance in Asian Indian Women Immigrants’ Narratives M. Gail Hickey

20 Cyberspace and Ethnic Identities: The Creation of Virtual Communities. The Case of Italy Lucia Clark

Part V Cultural Education--Cultural Sustainability: The Parameters of Cultural Dialogue in the Context of Hegemony

21 Cultural Education and The Paradigm of Recognition Plamen Makariev

22 Embracing Complexity: Some Concluding Remarks Zvi Bekerman & Ezra Kopelowitz

Contributors

Index

Biography

Bekerman, Zvi; Kopelowitz, Ezra

"… a fine introduction to the complexities of ‘Cultural Education.’ Each of the culture groups presented provides extended information and understanding of the collisions and conundrums it must address in order to make its way toward defining, maintaining, and sustaining its cultural voice. This book serves a broad international community of scholars and school professionals."--Herve Varenne, Teachers College, Columbia University United States

"…contributes significantly to current conversations on multicultural education…. and promises to add substantively to the terrain by giving space to the voices of various ethnic and cultural groups that are not commonly heard. This is both laudable and educative."--Maenette Benham, Michigan State University, United States