Minority Education in China: Balancing Unity and Diversity in an Era of Critical Pluralism

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Contents List of Contributors vii List of Figures and Tables xi Foreword xiii James A. Banks Acknowledgements xix Introduction: Minority Education in China: Balancing Unity and 1 Diversity in an Era of Critical Pluralism James Leibold and Chen Yangbin Part I Diversity in Unity or Unity in Diversity 1. Education and Cultural Diversity in Multiethnic China 27 Gerard Postiglione 2. The Power of Chinese Linguistic Imperialism and Its Challenge to 45 Multicultural Education He Baogang 3. How Do You Say “China” in Mongolian? Toward a Deeper 65 Understanding of Multicultural Education in China Naran Bilik Part II Minority Education on the Frontier: Language and Identity 4. Bilingual Education and Language Policy in Tibet 83 Ma Rong 5. Popularizing Basic Education in Tibet’s Nomadic Regions 107 Gerard Postiglione, Ben Jiao, Li Xiaoliang, and Tsamla vi Contents 6. The Practice of Ethnic Policy in Education: Xinjiang’s Bilingual 131 Education System Zuliyati Simayi 7. Trilingual Education and School Practice in Xinjiang 161 Linda Tsung 8. Multicultural Education and Ethnic Integration: A Case Study of 187 Girls’ Education in the Lahu Area Teng Xing, Yang Hong, and Yang Qixue Part III Educational Integration in China Proper: Pathways and Barriers 9. Towards Another Minority Educational Elite Group in Xinjiang? 201 Chen Yangbin 10. Uyghur University Students and Ramadan: Challenging the 221 Minkaomin/Minkaohan Labels Timothy Grose 11. The Trilingual Trap: “Imagined” Empowerment among Ethnic 239 Mongols in China Zhao Zhenzhou 12. Identity and Multilingualism: Negotiating Multiculturalism among 259 Ethnic Korean Teachers in China Gao Fang Part IV Styles, Stereotypes, and Preferences: Hurdles for Minority Education 13. Intellectual Styles and Their Implications for Multicultural 279 Education in China Li-fang Zhang 14. Han Chinese Reactions to Preferential Minority Education in 299 the PRC James Leibold 15. How University Administrators View Ethnic Minority Students 321 Yu Haibo Notes 341 Bibliography 353 Index 395 ...