Possibilities for Multicultural Education to Empower Marriage Immigrants in South Korea

• In Event: Moscone Center North Roundtable Session 5
  In Roundtable Session: Educational Trajectories of Immigrant and Second-Generation Students

Abstract

In response to increasing diversity, South Korea has implemented their version of multicultural education that included Korean language programs to foreign born mothers to better help their children to adapt to Korean schools and society. This paper explores the possibilities for multicultural education to empower the marriage immigrant mothers to resist marginalization in South Korea, both in their families and the larger society. Using a qualitative study that sought to understand how a group of immigrant mothers in a Korean language class made sense of their marginalization, this paper suggests a critical approach to Korean multicultural education beyond teaching Korean culture and language.

Authors

• Jiyeong Lee, Official of Gongju-city

• Gilbert C. Park, Ball State University

• Jayne R. Beilke, Ball State University