A Framework for Heritage, Multiculturalism and Citizenship Education: Seminar Papers and Proceedings, April 15-17 2002, Johannesburg, South Africa (Commonwealth Case Studies in Citizenship Education)

This seminar was organized to develop common understandings and shared visions in HMC (Heritage, Multiculturalism and Citizenship) education. It was also intended as a first step towards developing and implementing a framework for HMC. The seminar recognized the need to address these issues in national curricula and policies and allowed some Commonwealth countries to revive discussion of issues at the heart of international debate -- promoting the values of equity, tolerance, multiculturalism and multilingualism, openness, accountability and social honour, in an attempt to deal with the challenge of diversity. The fifty participants were educationists, curriculum developers and other experts from Canada, Botswana, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and the United Kingdom.