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This reprint describes and discusses aspects of education in racially and ethnically pluralistic societies. The entry examines the ideologies, practices, and consequences of educating young people from heterogeneous cultural backgrounds. The issues of preserving national unity and promoting cultural diversity through education are discussed. Various curriculum practices in some well-known multicultural societies are also examined. Case studies include Germany, Canada, and the United States. (Contains 43 references.) (EH)

The project group "Preparedness for Peace" at the Lund University Malmo School of Education in Sweden studies ways of helping children and young people to deal constructively with questions of peace and war. As part of this work, experts with special interests in competence in areas related to peace education are interviewed. This publication explores the views of Haim Gordon from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, and Christoph Wulf from Freie Universitat, Berlin, Germany. Haim Gordon has worked with Jews and Arabs on education for peace in accordance with the philosophy of Martin Buber. Christoph Wulf is one of the founders of the Peace Education Commission and the editor of early handbooks on peace education in German and English (1973-74). (Author)