Sentences with phrase «of cultural pluralism»

As one of the organizations backing bilingual education, for example, the New York State Association for Bilingual Education maintains it is important to foster «the awareness and appreciation of biculturalism and bilingualism as an integral part of cultural pluralism in our society.»

For some decades, American Jews have made sense of the relation between their Americanness and their Jewishness through the concept of cultural pluralism.

The changed valence given to black and Indian culture on the one hand and to WASP culture on the other raises questions about the future of cultural pluralism and community in America.

The emergence of ethnic pride and some degree of vitality in ethnic culture among blacks and Chicanos and the continuation of such culture among Indians fits the classical conception of cultural pluralism developed by Horace Kallen 13 better than the present condition of most of the white and oriental ethnic groups.

The answer is that they were confronted in the first place with vast cultural trends such as technological advance, professionalization, and secularism that they could not easily control; and their problem was made the worse by pressures of cultural pluralism and Christian ethical principles that made it awkward if not impossible for them to take any decisive stand against the secularizing trends.

At the same time we in the United States have committed ourselves to building a nation state on the basis of cultural pluralism.

The recognition of cultural pluralism meant that the schools could no longer fulfill this function, that they must be culturally neutral.

Following Professor Mayor's guidelines, UNESCO created the Culture of Peace Program, whose work falls into four main categories: education for peace, human rights and democracy, the fight against exclusion and poverty, the defense of cultural pluralism and cross-cultural dialogue, and conflict prevention and the consolidation of peace.

Mexico and Brazil occupy intermediate positions on the scale of cultural pluralism.

Finally, cognitive illiberalism refers to the distinctive threat that cultural cognition poses to ideals of cultural pluralism and individual self - determination.

The concept of cultural pluralism: Issues in special education.