The Global Institutionalization of Multicultural Education as an Academic Discourse

Multicultural education has been widely recognized as an educational approach to deal with social and cultural diversity towards a more inclusive just society. Conventional perspectives tend assume that multicultural would be of greater interest research topic in countries growing levels diversity. However, based on macro-phenomenological perspective, this study accounts for influences from the wider institutional environment gives collective meaning value legitimize multiculturalism academic discourse topic. Using cross-national design, examined national-level characteristics associated formation education. Scholarly articles published field by 2020 were collected using platform Web Science. A total 105 14,220 analyzed multiple regression analysis. Our results showed stronger ties global civil society likely have education, indicating higher institutionalization level relevant within country. These findings suggest popularity may not solely response societal demands but rather embodiment universalistic norms values.