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The purpose of this paper is to interpret the necessity of multicultural education from a perspective of religious pluralism and inter-cultural communication in North American context. This paper examines the development of the religious and cultural pluralism in North American context and understands a broader conception of multicultural education with an emphasis of the interplay between culture and education.
The application of the inter-cultural hermeneutics of education shall briefly be discussed in a Korean context. The mosaic way of multiculturalism based on the fundamental aims of multicultural education shall also be highlighted; the cultivation of an attitude of respect for and appreciation of the world of cultural diversity and the promotion of a belief in the intrinsic worth of each culture and an abiding interest in the peace of the larger society.