Multicultural Education Acceptance in the Hawaiian Kingdom From 1879 to 1893

• In Event: Multicultural Education While Considered the Other

Abstract

During the latter half of the Hawaiian Kingdom, multicultural education in the English language was introduced into the school system that was historically dominated by the Kingdom’s “common schools” that taught in the Hawaiian language. Despite the current widespread view that this alleged “unwelcomed” rise of multicultural education was a result of “White settler colonialism”, the following paper will present evidence to highlight the acceptance of the Hawaiian Kingdom’s incorporation of multicultural education schooling by the aboriginal Hawaiians themselves. Citing actual Kingdom legislative acts and showcasing historical aboriginal Hawaiian student attendance figures, this paper will factually counter argue that the Hawaiian Kingdom’s inclusion of multicultural education was not something resisted but embraced by all Hawaiian nationals.

Author

• Larson Siu Wah Moke Ng, University of Hawai‘i - Ho‘okulaiwi
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