西部大开发是党中央在世纪之交作出的重大战略决策。我国少数民族总人口的大部分在西部 ,五大民族自治区也都属于西部大开发的地域之内。显然 ,民族教育与西部大开发有着极为密切的关联。那么 ,在西部大开发形势下 ,民族教育的发展应该具有什么样的新思维呢？笔者采访了北京师 The great development of the western region is a major strategic decision made by the Central Party Committee at the turn of the century. Most of the total ethnic minorities in our country are in the west and the five national autonomous regions belong to the major areas of western development. Obviously, ethnic education has a very close relationship with the development of the western region. Then, under the situation of developing the west, what kind of new thinking should be given to the development of ethnic education? The author interviewed Beijing division