ERIC Number: EJ1016185
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 16
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The Unofficial Federal School Curriculum in Canada: Issues and Implications for Quebec Education
Di Mascio, Anthony
Canadian Social Studies, v46 n1 p15-30 Spr 2013
This study seeks to address the ways in which the federal government has influenced elementary and secondary education throughout Canada. By producing teaching and learning material that is neither provincially sanctioned nor provincially focused, are federal agencies crossing constitutional jurisdictions in ways that compete with provincially prescribed curricula? While scholars have considered federal involvement in education from an administrative and legal standpoint, they have done less to examine the actual teaching and learning material produced by federal departments and agencies. Such teaching and learning material represents an unofficial federal curriculum in Canada aimed at promoting a pan-Canadian shared sense of identity. Using the Quebec Education Program as a case study for comparison, this study suggests that the material in many instances conflicts with the aims and intentions of provincial curricula.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, Comparative Analysis, Government Role, State Government, Federal Government, Governance, History, Cultural Pluralism, Patriotism, Elementary Secondary Education
University of Alberta. 347 Education South, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G5, Canada. Web site: http://www2.education.ualberta.ca/css/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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