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Multicultural education varies greatly in different countries because the social and political norms of a given community and the different historical trajectories of nations greatly affect curricular decisions, content, and values.
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Ho, LC. (2017). Harmony and Multicultural Education in Singapore. In: Cha, YK., Gundara, J., Ham, SH., Lee, M. (eds) Multicultural Education in Glocal Perspectives. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2222-7_7
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