Multiculturalism and multicultural education: The debate on cultural identities in american society

• Autor(a) principal: Abu-El-Haj, Mônica Farias
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Educação & Formação (Fortaleza)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.uece.br/index.php/redufor/article/view/847
• topic: Multiculturalismo. Educação multicultural. Diversidade. Identidade cultural.; .; Multiculturalism. Multicultural education. Diversity. Cultural identity.; Multiculturalismo. Educación multicultural. Diversidad. Identidad cultural.

The article presents a bibliographic overview of multiculturalism and multicultural education in American society. Its aim is to broaden the understanding of controversies surrounding cultural identities nowadays. Initially, it described the struggle of African Americans for an education that recognized and valued their history and cultural identity. It showed how that struggle contributed to 1960s and 1970s civil rights movement and which continued to be relevant in current educational debates. The James A. Banks studies are the most commonly used references in this first part. The second part focused on theoretical exchanges concerning minorities collective rights in western democracies. The book by Will Kymlicka, Multicultural Citizenship, is the main source of this topic. In sum, the article highlighted the current relevance of multicultural debates and the role of multicultural education in promoting social and educational inclusion.