ERIC Number: EJ1437876
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 22
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-4805
EISSN: EISSN-1923-1857
Defending Francophone and Indigenous Perspectives in Alberta's Social Studies Curriculum: The Views of 13 Francophone Education Stakeholders
Raphaël Gani; David Scott
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v70 n2 p288-309 2024
Many social studies teachers have argued that the mandate to distinctively value Francophone and Indigenous perspectives is unjust without similarly valuing other perspectives within Alberta's K-12 social studies curriculum (Gani, 2022a; Gani & Scott, 2017; Scott & Gani, 2018). Rather than outlining why these two sets of perspectives need to be specifically taught, the current curriculum justifies this mandate based on vague and undefined "historical and constitutional reasons" (Alberta Education, 2005, p. 4). Using an online survey and a focus group interview, Raphaël Gani asked 13 Francophone education stakeholders in Alberta (e.g., teachers, heritage group representatives, education consultants) to justify the distinct attention given to Francophone and Indigenous perspectives in the social studies curriculum. To facilitate this process, participants were asked to respond to quotes from Alberta educators questioning the need to distinctly acknowledge these perspectives. The participants' responses offered a vision of Canada, a goal for education in Alberta, and a means to achieve this goal. They also offered an original view on the nature of Francophone perspectives, their relationship with Indigenous perspectives, along with how both Francophone and Indigenous perspectives are distinct from the many other diverse perspectives in Alberta today.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French Canadians, Geographic Regions, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Objectives, Social Studies, American Indians, Indigenous Knowledge, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Curriculum Development, Heritage Education, Consultants, Cultural Pluralism, Course Content
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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