This volume investigates the systemic challenges and pedagogical strategies involved in the education of minority groups within diverse national contexts. The editors, Eric Hoyle, Jacquetta Megarry, and Stanley Nisbet, compile a series of scholarly contributions that examine how educational institutions respond to cultural, linguistic, and ethnic diversity. The text argues that educational policy must be adapted to address the specific socio-political realities of minority populations to ensure equitable outcomes.

Experts recognize this volume as a significant historical record of educational discourse during the early 1980s. Scholars frequently cite the work for its foundational approach to multicultural education and its detailed comparative methodology.