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Critical Review on Multicultural Acceptability of Korean Adult and Biased Perception for Foreign Residents
Journal of Lifelong Learning Society
Abbr :
JLLS
2019, 15(2), pp.127-153
Publisher : Institute of Distance Education
Research Area : Education
2019, 15(2), pp.127-153
Publisher : Institute of Distance Education
Research Area : Education
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After a decade of long lasting efforts on multicultural policy, it is time to critically review in order to understand a certain level of multicultural awareness and multicultural acceptability in Korea. This study found that the level of multicultural awareness of korean adult has been improved but it is also conspicuous that multicultural acceptability is divergent and shallow to some degree. Second, there is biased preference to certain group of foreign residents, which can be categorized as white supremacy and GDP racism in Korea. Third, it is noticeable that anti-multicultural sentiment of young generation of 20’s has been increased these days. Forth, qualitative interaction is significant to enhance multicultural acceptability, rather than quantity of contact with migrants/foreign residents. Fifth, despite government’s policy engagement, Korean adult’s threat awareness against foreigners/migrants group in Korean society has been increased. Also, dearth of participation with multicultural education programs is restriction to cultivate multicultural acceptability and awareness in civil society. In the era of global migration, this study provide a novel implication to reconstruct a new direction of multicultural education addressing discourse of critical adult learning in the angle of lifelong education.
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