ERIC Number: EJ1286103
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 21
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On the Peripheries of Education: (Not)Learning about Indigenous Peoples in the 1995-2010 British Columbia Curriculum
Journal of Curriculum Studies, v53 n1 p103-123 2021
This paper analyses the coverage of Indigenous topics in K-12 education in British Columbia (BC) using curriculum documents and course enrolment. It focuses on curriculum documents published between 1995 and 2010 and mandated in public education from 1995 to 2019, and argues that Indigenous topics were marginalized in the curriculum overall. Motivated by decades of work by Indigenous leaders and educators to grapple with non-Indigenous people's prejudices, ignorance, and lack of understanding, the British Columbia Ministry of Education has increasingly recognized the importance of integrating Indigenous topics into core curricula and has offered all students Indigenous Studies course options. However, coverage remained marginalized in the core curriculum and recent curricular revisions have relied increasingly on teachers' voluntary integration of Indigenous topics and meaningful consultation with local Indigenous educators and communities, for which insufficient support and resources are provided by the Education Ministry. The paper explores challenges to the curriculum's ability to combat prejudice, eliminate discrimination and promote tolerance, understanding and good relations among Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in the province.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Indigenous Populations, Canada Natives, Curriculum, Educational History, Public Education, Racial Bias, Ethnicity, Social Bias, Curriculum Development, Course Content, Barriers, Racial Discrimination, Racial Relations, Land Settlement, Course Selection (Students), Social Studies, Language Arts, Intellectual Disciplines, Social Justice, Civics, History Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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