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multicultural education in the United Kingdom  

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  • In the United Kingdom, multicultural education developed from the 1960s as a pragmatic response to the arrival of children of immigrants from former colonial countries. The initial aim was the assimilation of migrant and minority children with no concessions to the values of these groups. [Source: Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education; United Kingdom, Multicultural Education in]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-MR1KZN4Z-1

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