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Human Diversity in Education Book Cover
Human Diversity in Education: An Integrative Approach, 4/e
Kenneth H. Cushner, Kent State University, Kent
Averil McClelland, Kent State University, Kent
Philip Safford, Case Western Reserve University

Intercultural Development: Considering the Growth of Self and Others

Definitions

Anglo-conformity  The belief that all immigrant children must be socialized into the culture and worldview of the dominant Anglo society in the United States.
(See 113)
Assimilationist model  The practices by which children were socialized into the culture and worldview of the dominant Anglo society in the United States.
(See 113)
Cultural pluralism  A system of social and/or political organization that stresses and promotes mutual understanding and respect among disparate ethnic, religious, and racial groups existing in a society.
(See 114)
Ethnic identity  A sense of belonging and identification with one's ancestral ethnic group.
(See 109)
Racial identity  One's sense of belonging and identification with a racial group; may also refer to the categorization of an individual in terms of a racial group by society or other social groups.
(See 110)