Multiculturalism in Turbulent Times

Christine Halse is currently chair professor of Intercultural Education at The Education University of Hong Kong and holds Honorary positions at the University Glasgow and Deakin University. Recent edited collections include Interrogating Belonging for Young People in Schools (2018) and Responsibility and Responsibilisation in Education (with Jan Wright and Catherin Hartung, 2018). Kerry J. Kennedy is currently an emeritus professor at The Education University of Hong Kong. He is also a distinguished visiting professor of Curriculum Studies at the University of Johannesburg. His most recent edited collections include Religious Education in Asia – Spiritual Diversity in Globalized Times (with John Chi Kin Lee, 2021) and Social Studies Education in East Asian Contexts (2021).

Section 1 Disrupting the Field 1. Theories and theorising multiculturalism Section 2 Perspective from the West 2. Multicultural trends in Europe 3. Civic education and youth citizenship at a time of immigrant integration policy changes in the Netherlands 4. Multiculturalism and the "broken" discourses of Chinese language education 5. Diversity theory and teachers responses: When diversity transforms to super-diversity and hyper-diversity 6. Diversity and its anti-genderist challenges in higher education in Germany Section 3 Perspective From The East 7. Examining colourism in China: Multicultural education for inclusion, equity and justice 8. "Cloistered multiculturalism"? Challenges in connecting an ethnically diverse school toits local Chinese community 9. Developing multiculturalism in Myanmar: Citizen perspectives from deliberative surveys 10. Delicate Multicultural Balance of Singapore 11. Transnational identities and struggles for multicultural justice in schools: Zainichi Korean teachers in Japan 12. Multiculturalism in the Muslim world: A case of Pakistan Section 4 Theoretical Reflections 13. Anti-diversity and its multiple contexts: Multiculturalism’s ordeals in Asia and Europe