1st Edition

Multicultural Education in South Korea Language, ideology, and culture in Korean language arts education

By Mi Ok Kang Copyright 2015
204 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

202 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

202 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines the political, ideological, and socio-cultural politics underlying the 2009 National Multicultural Curriculum Reform and recent multicultural education policies in South Korea. Unlike the conservative groups in Western countries who argue that supporting cultural diversity and the cultural rights of minority groups balkanizes ethnic differences and divides the community, the... Read more

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

Biography

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

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.'