Bilingual education for a harmonious multiculturalism: the importance of policy discourse for students of ethnic minority groups in China

Kong, Peggy A.; Yu, Xiaoran

doi:10.1080/2005615x.2019.1664017

Cited by 8 publications

(9 citation statements)

References 38 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Still, this tends to be accompanied either by underrepresentation or misrepresentation of ethnic diversity. Research has suggested that ethnic minority students tend to feel inferior and have lower academic achievement when their cultures are invisible in textbooks and curriculum (Kong & Yu, 2019).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Celebrating culture and neglecting language: representation of ethnic minorities in Chinese primary school textbooks (1976–2021)

Qian

Colak

Ağırdağ

2022

Journal of Curriculum Studies

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study draws on data collected from Chinese language textbooks to investigate the ways in which ethnic minority cultures and languages are represented in primary school textbooks in China. Drawing on the methods of thematic and comparative analysis, we specifically analyse how the representation of ethnic minorities in Chinese textbooks has changed across different periods in history. The analysis reveals that the representation of ethnic minority cultures and languages is largely limited to the contributions approach and additive approach to multicultural curriculum development. The findings show a largely selective, traditional, and stereotypical representation of ethnic minority cultures and languages in school textbooks, which focus primarily on cultures from representative ethnic groups. Although an accurate and equitable representation of ethnic minorities is still mostly lacking in Chinese language textbooks, a multicultural approach to ethnic diversity has been gaining ground over the past four decades. Interestingly, increasing interest in a multicultural approach has been accompanied by decreasing tolerance towards ethnic multilingualism in textbooks over the past four decades. Such observable trends towards monolingualism and multiculturalism in the representation of ethnic and linguistic diversity in textbooks echo the continuous changes in national education policy.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Celebrating culture and neglecting language: representation of ethnic minorities in Chinese primary school textbooks (1976–2021)

Qian

Colak

Ağırdağ

2022

Journal of Curriculum Studies

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The multi-ethnic culture is communicated and disseminated mainly through tourism, education and intangible cultural heritage [17][18][19]. A new saying is that China is taking various measures to enhance the international reputation of the Chinese nation and continuously expanding its cultural coverage.…”

Section: Figure 1 International Communication Of Ethical Cultures In ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

International Communication Path of Chinese Minority Culture

2023

IJFS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

For a long time, China has been concerned about the external dissemination of ethnic minority culture, enhancing the power of national ethnic culture through dialogue, exchange, and other means of cultural dissemination among different ethnic groups. The influence of China's traditional culture with exotic characteristics in the international community has gradually increased, reflecting China's long history and culture, which plays an important role in increasing the creativity of Chinese ethnic culture and the great rejuvenation of Chinese culture. Therefore, this article analyzes the shortcomings of the dissemination of traditional Chinese culture and the importance of international dissemination, and explores the current path of Chinese ethnic minority culture in international dissemination. It is found that the dissemination degree of national characteristic culture under modern communication means is about 8.8% higher than that of national characteristic culture under traditional communication means, indicating that the new communication path can effectively spread China's diverse traditional culture and promote the international development of different traditional culture.

show abstract

“…The main argument for such transition is China's aspiration to build a common identity, using Chinese as the universal language, in an alleged attempt to bring education up to a higher standard (Davidson 2020). Kong and Yu (2019) argue that Han Chinese (the majority of the population) experience superior education in comparison with the experience of Chinese minorities not least due to bilingual education policies and multiculturalism being more of aspirational concepts than tools for a change. Undeniably, from the perspective of the economy of scale, the universalisation of education is cheaper and less labour-intense, which might be seen as a natural response to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

Section: Scenarios Of Online Education Potentially Disadvantaging Min...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Educational responses to the challenges of the COVID-19 global pandemic: online provision and its consequences for the social resilience of minority communities

Mahon

2021

Globalisation, Societies and Education

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Bilingual education for a harmonious multiculturalism: the importance of policy discourse for students of ethnic minority groups in China

Cited by 8 publications

References 38 publications

Celebrating culture and neglecting language: representation of ethnic minorities in Chinese primary school textbooks (1976–2021)

Celebrating culture and neglecting language: representation of ethnic minorities in Chinese primary school textbooks (1976–2021)

International Communication Path of Chinese Minority Culture

Educational responses to the challenges of the COVID-19 global pandemic: online provision and its consequences for the social resilience of minority communities

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About