Canada and China are both multiethnic countries and have articulated a strong commitment to multicultural education. However, in the process of curricula control, decision makers, drawn from the mainstream culture, develop, implement, and interpret the formal curriculum. Consequently, the ethnic content included in the mainstream curriculum could be biased, fragmented, or with important omissions. This paper evaluates the portrayal of selected visible minorities in some currently used social studies (history) textbooks in Alberta and China, to reveal how knowledge of ethnic cultures is filtered through the dominant perspectives and to explore ways to educate all students to be responsible citizens. The analysis and discussions are situated ...
primary educationtextbookscultural diversityethnic representationBassani, C. Ethnic representation i...
Taking into account the increasingly diverse student body in increasingly interactive classrooms, it...
The goals of this research are multifold, with the overall aim of defining effective pathways for ad...
Canada and China are both multiethnic countries and have articulated a strong commitment to multicul...
This paper explores the social and cultural knowledge embedded in the textbooks for language and lit...
In this dissertation I explore Hui students’ lived experiences both in school and at home in P. R. C...
Paper Presentation - PS1.7: paper 5The Conference program's website is located at http://ceshk.edu.h...
Multiculturalism has been identified as the key educational issue of the epoch. However, despite stu...
The purpose of this research study was to explore how Ontario Grade 10 Social Studies teachers are r...
Since the late 1970s, China has experienced remarkable socioeconomic development. The trend towards ...
Abstract Innovative literacy teaching and learning approaches have proved that multiliteracies enabl...
In Canada, although multicultural/diversity education has been widely discussed over the past three ...
This paper looks at a group of thirteen Chinese language (CSL) textbooks for foreign students. It fo...
This study compares social studies textbooks used in elementary schools of Canada, China, Mexico, Ta...
This study explored the links between a multiethnic learning environment and ethnic identity negotia...
primary educationtextbookscultural diversityethnic representationBassani, C. Ethnic representation i...
Taking into account the increasingly diverse student body in increasingly interactive classrooms, it...
The goals of this research are multifold, with the overall aim of defining effective pathways for ad...
Canada and China are both multiethnic countries and have articulated a strong commitment to multicul...
This paper explores the social and cultural knowledge embedded in the textbooks for language and lit...
In this dissertation I explore Hui students’ lived experiences both in school and at home in P. R. C...
Paper Presentation - PS1.7: paper 5The Conference program's website is located at http://ceshk.edu.h...
Multiculturalism has been identified as the key educational issue of the epoch. However, despite stu...
The purpose of this research study was to explore how Ontario Grade 10 Social Studies teachers are r...
Since the late 1970s, China has experienced remarkable socioeconomic development. The trend towards ...
Abstract Innovative literacy teaching and learning approaches have proved that multiliteracies enabl...
In Canada, although multicultural/diversity education has been widely discussed over the past three ...
This paper looks at a group of thirteen Chinese language (CSL) textbooks for foreign students. It fo...
This study compares social studies textbooks used in elementary schools of Canada, China, Mexico, Ta...
This study explored the links between a multiethnic learning environment and ethnic identity negotia...
primary educationtextbookscultural diversityethnic representationBassani, C. Ethnic representation i...
Taking into account the increasingly diverse student body in increasingly interactive classrooms, it...
The goals of this research are multifold, with the overall aim of defining effective pathways for ad...