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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED293753 AUTHOR: D'Oyley, Vincent; Shapson, Stan M.
TITLE: Research on Multiculturalism in the Curriculum from
a
Canadian Perspective.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1986
NOTE: 15 p.; Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Educational Research Association (San Francisco,
CA, April 17, 1986).
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper is to examine selected
writings on the relationship of multiculturalism and school
curricula in Canada. The promulgation of the Canadian
Charter of Rights (1981), the Canadian Constitution (1983),
and the Equality Now program (1984) led to increased
multicultural concerns. The Equality Now program found that
seven percent of the Canadian population are native peoples
and Afro-Asians who believe they are denied equality of
opportunity. Canadian scholars continue to debate the
future focus of multicultural education, raise questions
about its relationship to social justice, and suggest new
methods of empowering the politically and educationally
neglected minority groups. Visible minorities have used the
political process to highlight various institutional
insensitivities to cultural diversity. Additional research
is needed concerning teachers' roles. A list of proposed
multicultural activities for the Secretary of State, the
proposed Ministry of Multiculturalism, the Canadian Council
for Multicultural Education, governments, and school boards
is included, along with a 27-item bibliography. (JHP)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Cultural-Awareness; Curriculum-Evaluation;
Educational-Research; Elementary-Secondary-Education;
Foreign-Countries; Literature-Reviews; Minority-Groups;
Social-Studies
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Cultural-Pluralism; *Multicultural
Education
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