Part 1: Concepts, issues and trends 1. Culture, ethnicity and education: multiculturalism in a plural society 2. Psychological and linguistic aspects of minority education 3. Trends in educational response to multicultural challenge Part 2: National policies for minority group education 4. The education of linguistic minorities in the USSR 5. The education of minorities in Canada: an examination of policies 6. Changing policies toward the education of minority groups in China 7. Minority group interests within nation-building policies in Africa 8. Education and race relations in the UK Part 3: Issues in the relationship between majority and minority languages 9. Language and social structure in Welsh education 10. The Chinese community in Malaysia: language policies and relationships 11. Puerto Rican children in American mainland schools 12. Language policies in West and East Africa Part 4: Educational opportunity for minority groups: the research reviewed 13. Equality of educational opportunity in Zimbabwe: past and future 14. Educational opportunity for minority group children in Canada 15. Education and occupational aspirations of young South Asians in Britain 16. Educational opportunity for minority groups: Australian research reviewed Part 5: Innovations in minority group education17. Cross-cultural education in Alaska 18. The American Indian's language and culture in US education 19. Materials and methods for teaching Aboriginal children in Australia 20. In-service education for the teaching of minority groups in England and Wales 21. Teacher education for a multicultural society: courses at Bradford College 22. Immigrant workers (Gastarbeiter) in West Germany: teaching programmes for adults and children Part 6: Bibliography and biographical notes