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In Asian school curricula, moral education and multiculturalism are primarily integrated within values education, language, and arts subjects through collaborative activities, with assessments focusing heavily on attitudes and values rather than knowledge, skills, or behaviors. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To examine how moral values are integrated and taught within the framework of multiculturalism across formal primary and secondary school curricula in Asia.

September 6, 2026Cogent EducationOpen Access

Multiculturalism and moral education in Asian school curricula: a scoping review

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YJYiwen JiangEducation University of Hong Kong MZMingyue ZhouDalian University of Technology SKSiu-hang KongEducation University of Hong Kong

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Scoping review reveals that Asian school curricula integrate multicultural moral education mainly via arts and language subjects, highlighting gaps in assessing behavioral and practical skills.

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To examine how moral values are integrated and taught within the framework of multiculturalism across formal primary and secondary school curricula in Asia.
Conducted a scoping review following JBI Manual and PRISMA-ScR guidelines across Web of Science, EBSCOhost, and ProQuest databases for English-language peer-reviewed articles published between 2005 and 2025.
Screened 1,089 records, identifying and synthesising 45 eligible articles on formal kindergarten-to-secondary curricula across four core curriculum components.
Curricular integration occurred most frequently within values education, language, and arts subjects through collaborative activities intended to foster character values and intercultural competence.
Curriculum assessments focused primarily on student attitudes and values, with comparatively little evaluation of intercultural knowledge, behavioral application, or actionable skills.
Cross-regional approaches to multicultural moral education varied substantially depending on local educational policies, demographic dynamics, and historical circumstances.

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Jiang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9d1e3328139818eab20ea7 https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186x.2026.2728278

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Scoping review reveals that Asian school curricula integrate multicultural moral education mainly via arts and language subjects, highlighting gaps in assessing behavioral and practical skills.

Multiculturalism and moral education in Asian school curricula: a scoping review

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Multiculturalism and moral education in Asian school curricula: a scoping review

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