Critical multiculturalism: The challenge of multiculturalism within a New Zealand bicultural context - A Chinese perspective
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Chan, Angel
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2009
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multiculturalism
ethnicity
culture
identity
Chinese early childhood education
New Zealand
early childhood education
ethnicity
culture
identity
Chinese early childhood education
New Zealand
early childhood education
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Chan, A. (2009). Critical multiculturalism: The challenge of multiculturalism within a New Zealand bicultural context - A Chinese perspective. International Journal of Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood. 7(1) : 29-40.
Abstract
For decades, notions of multiculturalism have been embraced by many countries in
order to acknowledge and include diverse cultures and ethnicities. It has been assumed
that the learning needs and rights of ethnic minority children will be catered for by
implementing multicultural education. This article argues that multiculturalism cannot
address the complexities of ethnicity,culture and identity,instead it perpetuates
stereoptypical views of ethnic groups and fails to bring about social equity. New
Zealand’s social and political landscape, its national early childhood curriculum and
strategic plans, have further contributed to the difficulty of implementing succesful
multiculturaism within New Zealand and its early childhood education provision. Being
the cultural ‘other’, Chinese traditional and conventional macro beliefs can be applied to
counter dominant discourses and practices within New Zealand early childhood settings.
This article argues for critical multiculturalism to address the inequity between
ethnicities that multiculturalism perpetuates.
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