歷經過去數十年來威權統治時代的同化政策,台灣漢人的三大族群(閩、客及外省)在社會生活領域中,是否仍然存在著差異? 在重新思考台灣多元文化教育的本土意涵時,無法避免地,必須思考這個問題。因為多元文化主義的主要論點,在於正視不同族群間的差異,並且尊重和保障各族群的價值標準。利用「世界價值觀調查」資料庫,本文的研究結果顯示:不僅和原住民族群存有顯著不同,台灣漢人三大族群間也存有顯著不同的內隱文化特徵-價值觀,因此,多元文化教育除了原住民教育外,也應重視台灣漢人三大族群文化的教育。當然這也表示政府應正視並且給予尊重和保障台灣四大族群間族群價值的差異,以使台灣成為符合當前民主社會趨勢的真正多元文化社會。
After several decades of assimilation policies under authoritarian ruling, do distinctions among the three Han ethnic groups (Min-Nan people, the Hakka, Waishengren) in Taiwan still exist in terms of social behaviours? This question is inevitable when authorities and educators rethink the meaning of multicultural education in Taiwan's context because multiculturalism is to face up the differences among ethnic groups and to respect and protect the values of ethnic groups. Employing data from World Values Surveys, this study shows significantly distinct social behaviours not only between the Han groups with the aborigines in Taiwan but also among the three Han ethnic groups in terms of implicit cultural-value. Multicultural education therefore is not only about the aboriginal culture but also about cultures of the three Han ethnic groups. Of course this also means that the government should face squarely, respect and safeguard the distinctions among the four ethnic groups to make Taiwan a truly multicultural society to keep up with the current trend in democratic societies.