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Harmony and Multicultural Education in Singapore

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Multicultural education varies greatly in different countries because the social and political norms of a given community and the different historical trajectories of nations greatly affect curricular decisions, content, and values.

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    Li-Ching Ho

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  1. Department of Education, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Yun-Kyung Cha

  2. Institute of Education, University of London, London, United Kingdom

    Jagdish Gundara

  3. Department of Education, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Seung-Hwan Ham

  4. University of Canberra, Canberra, Aust Capital Terr, Australia

    Moosung Lee

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Ho, LC. (2017). Harmony and Multicultural Education in Singapore. In: Cha, YK., Gundara, J., Ham, SH., Lee, M. (eds) Multicultural Education in Glocal Perspectives. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2222-7_7

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