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Democratic Patriotism and Multicultural Education

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Debate about multicultural education in the USAhas been marked by anxieties about thestability of a nation that is both increasinglyculturally diverse and increasingly resistantto coercive assimilative practices. Apolitically and morally persuasivemulticulturalism must seek to dispel ratherthan evade these anxieties. One educationalvenue in which they must be addressed ishistory teaching. The possibility ofcultivating democratic patriotism in theteaching of a genuinely multicultural Americanhistory is discussed.

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Callan, E. Democratic Patriotism and Multicultural Education. Studies in Philosophy and Education 21, 465–477 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020861611479

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