Published in 1985, this book examines how cultural identity is a key factor in shaping educational policy. It looks at policies designed for ethnic minorities and at policies aimed at bringing about far-reaching societal and cultural change. It discusses the tensions caused by policies and the pressures for reform.

The Concept of Identity: Editor’s Introduction, Brock, Tulasiewicz. 1. Educational Reform and Re-Reform: Politics and the State in Colonial Vietnam, Kelly. 2. Education in Senegal: Two Promising Reforms, Rideout. 3. Culture and Identity in Grenadian Education, Brock. 4. From Educational Borrowing to Educational Sharing: The Japanese Experience, Kobayashi. 5. Educational Policy and Minority Issues in the Soviet Union, Mitter, Novikov. 6. Cultural Identity and Education Policy: The Case of the German Democratic Republic, Tulasiewicz. 7. Critical Education and Islamic Culture, Hurst. 8. Educational Policy and Cultural Identity in Israel, Iram. 8. Education, Cultural Identity and the Structural Integration of Indians in the Peruvian Highlands, Epstein. 9. The Autonomous Basque Community of Spain: Language Culture and Education, Bernstein Tarrow. 10. Australian Immigrants and Indigenes in the Context of Cultural Reaffirmation: Special or General Educational Needs? Lacey, Fielding. 11. United States Educational Policies and Black Cultural Identity, Kravetz. 12. Colonials Subordinates, or Superordinates Puerto Ricans and Educational Policy on the United States Mainland, Swing. 13. Private Supplementary Schools and the Ethnic Challenge to State Education in Britain, McLean.