THE ‘MELTING POT’ CONCEPT AS A PRECONDITION OF BILINGUALISM POLICY IN THE AMERICAN AND CANADIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM
Abstract
The author traces the connection of the ‘melting pot’ concept and bilingual training as an education policy of the multinational states with multiethnic, multiracial and multicultural immigrant population. It identifies multiculturalism perspectives of including in the curricula the social studies materials about national minorities, their history and traditions by introducing the study of the culture of ethnic groups.
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