Learning from Difference: Comparative Accounts of Multicultural Education

Abstract

The book series Multilingual Education publishes top quality monographs and edited volumes containing empirical research on multilingual language acquisition, language contact and the respective roles of languages in contexts where the languages are not cognate and where the scripts are often different, in order to be able to better understand the processes and issues involved and to inform governments and language policy makers. The volumes in this series are aimed primarily at researchers in education, especially multilingual education and other related fi elds, and those who are involved in the education of (language) teachers. Others who will be interested include key stakeholders and policy makers in the fi eld of language policy and education.The editors welcome proposals and ideas for books that fi t the series. For more information on how you can submit a proposal, please contact the publishing editor, Jolanda Voogd. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifi cally the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfi lms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specifi c statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made.Printed on acid-free paper AcknowledgmentsThis volume originated in discussions held in Singapore in 2010 sponsored by the International Alliance of Leading Education Institutions, IALEI, to discuss multicultural education. It arose because several countries, South Korea prominently among them, were debating questions of ethnic, linguistic and faith diversity due to labour-based migration and international marriages and wanted to compare and contrast experiences with other countries. A key participant in our discussions in Singapore was Dr Hiwon Yoon who at the time was Vice President of International Affairs, Director of the Centre for Multicultural Education and full Professor at Seoul National University. We want to thank Dr Yoon for her chairing of the initial meeting, and her promotion of the idea of a continuing discussion after her retirement.The idea of comparative accounts of multicultural education was essentially, as someone at the Singapore meeting described it, to see how others were 'dea...

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