Education and the Politics of Difference: Canadian Perspectives

Ratna Ghosh and Ali A. Abdi. (2004). Education and the Politics of Difference: Canadian Perspectives. Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press. 193 pages. ISBN: 1-55130-266-7 (paperback).

In their introduction to Education and the politics of difference: Canadian perspectives, Ghosh and Abdi assert that multicultural education constitutes a paradigm shift from an earlier assimilation paradigm according to which "the traditional goal in education has been the transmission of the dominant culture, involving assimilation for those who were different" (p. 6). In this context, they present their purpose as "[suggesting] a restructured vision of multicultural education as an important site for …