Multicultural Education – Good for Business but Not for the State? The Ib Curriculum and Global Capitalism

Bibliographic Data

ID8405017
AuthorsJ Resnik (0000-0002-4311-146X, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume57
Issue3
Pages217-244
Publication date2009-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Educational Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-1005 • E-ISSN: 1467-8527
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-8527.2009.00440.x
OpenAlexW2089680645
LanguageEN
Citations received32
References cited27

In the 1970s and the 1980s, multicultural education spread in many countries. However, in the mid-1980s the golden age of multiculturalism came to an end. Neo-conservative political forces attacked multicultural policies and progressively a neo-liberal discourse pervaded economic and social policies, also affecting national education systems. In contrast, multicultural approaches have emerged with tremendous vigour in the field of business management. Juxtaposing cognitive, emotional and socio-communicative multiculturalism found in organisational studies onto multiculturalism in the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum indicates whether multiculturalism in international schools aims to respond to the needs of global capitalism. The findings show that emotional, cognitive and socio-communicative multiculturalism are seen as essential traits for good performance in transnational corporations, and they are strongly encouraged in the IB curriculum. The relevance of multicultural skills in global management alongside the decay of multiculturalism in public education systems entails a growing educational disparity between lower class and higher class children. A new educational structure in which two differentiated systems – a national system and an international system – emerges and redefines the terms of inequality of opportunities. Keywords: multiculturalism global capitalism business management international schools International Baccalaureate curriculum Notes 1 International culture includes also learning a lifestyle that is based on the construction of international social capital. International social capital indicates all the relationships across the different countries that can be mobilised according to social and professional strategies

Capitalism · Curriculum · Multicultural education · Multiculturalism · Pedagogy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Global Education and Multiculturalism · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Law

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