The research proposal includes a study of some key problems in relation to curriculum reform in multicultural and migrant education. The contents include an attempt to link issues that emerge from practice to wider educational and social concerns through the identification of explanatory social concepts of multicultural education, curriculum and evaluation theories and policy developments within the historical context of the development of special purpose projects in Victorian, Australian and International education. Issues include those of language, identity, rights, participation, social cohesion, cultural tolerance, acceptance of diversity, pluralism, self determination, equality of opportunity and outcomes in relation to life chances, lifestyles, racism, prejudice, conflict, structural change in schools, employment, funding and devolution of power and the exercise of power. The contents also include an attempt to facilitate self study and action research in some multicultural education projects and examples of the evaluation practices developed.