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COURSE OUTLINE ?
EDUCATION 441 ?
SUMMER 1977
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN EDUCATION
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Dr. Kogila Adam -
Moodley.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
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This course will begin with an analysis of the historical
background of relevant social issues to the present concern
with cultural differences in education. In doing so, the
interaction of the host group and various culturally distinct
segments of both new Canadians and indigenes will be examined
in order to grasp the differ ing perceptions of cultural
difference.
2.
Various aspects of Canadian educational policies and their
implications for culturally distinct groups will be examined.
3.
Strategies for teaching in a cross-cultural setting will be
examined and the use of curriculum materials for teaching
about cultural differences, discussed.
The following themes will serve as a basis for discussion in the
course:
1. Historical background to the presence of cultural differences
in Canadian schools. Who is an immigrant child?
2.
Culture Shock and Culture Conflict: examination of concepts
of adjustment, adaptation, integration, assimilation and
pluralism.
3.
Multi-culturalism.
4.
Bilingualism.
5. Theories of prejudice acquisition.
6.
Theories of prejudice reduction: attitude change in children.
7.
Values in education.
8.
Social Class and school achievement.
9.
Education of Canadian Minorities: review of selected minorities.
10. Teacher expectation and its effect on student achievement.
11.
Local Control and Community Schools.
12. Role of Intergroup Contact in change of prejudice and Ethnic
Relations.
Expectations
Each student will be expected to prepare an independent project,
based on:
1.
experience of a classroom situation where children of several
cultural/linguistic backgrounds are present.
2. a close look at an agency, that provides social services to
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immigrant families and a description of the insights gained
from such an experience.
3.
examination of present usage of curriculum materials and
suggestions for modification of existing materials or
"workable" alternatives.
4.
a review of two books related to some aspect of the education
of immigrant children.
5.
a related alternative topic, to be initially discussed with
the instructor.
6.
each student will be expected to serve as a discussion leader
in one session and to participate actively in all other sessions.
TiTi1
In the Bookstore * (required)
*Cazden, C.
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Functions of Language
in
the Classroom
Dunfee, M. & Crump. C
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Teaching for Social Values in Social Studies
Grambs, J.
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Intergroup Education: Methods and Materials.
*Harvard Education Review, Reprint Series-
#3. Community and the Schools
#5. Challenging the Myths.;
*Orvik, J.
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Cultural Influences in Alaska Native Education.
*phi Delta Kappan
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Moral Education
*Raths, Harmon, Simon
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Values and Teaching.
In the Library
Curriculum
Alberta Elementary Social Studies Handbook:
Experiences in Decision Making
Banks, J.
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Teaching Ethnic Studies
Banks and Joyce
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Teaching Social Studies to Culturally Different Children
Teachinci Lan
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e Arts to Culturally Different Children
Dunfee, M'& Crump C.
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Teaching for Social Values in Social Studies
Shaftel, Fanny & George
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Role Playing for Social Values
Taba, Hilda
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Teaching Strategies for Culturally Disadvantaged
A Teachers' Handbook for Elementary Social Studies
Curriculum Development: Theory and Practice
Journals
Canadian Ethnic Studies
Vii vii, No.1. 1975
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Special Issue. The Green Paper on Immigration
Vol. viii, No. 1 1976
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Special Issue: Education and Ethnicity.
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General Bibliography
Allport, G.W.
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The Nature of Prejudice
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Don Mills: Addison - Wesley, 1954.
Allen, Sheila.
Ashworth, Mary.
New Minorities, Old Conflicts: Asian and West Indian
Migrants to Britain. Toronto: Random House, 1971
Immigrant Children and Canadian Schools. Toronto:
McClelland and Stewart, 1977
Immigrants at School. London: Commarket Press, 1970
Spring Grove: The Education of Immigrant Children
London: Oxford University Press, 1967
Bhatnagar, Joti.
Burgin, T and?
P. Edson.
Byrne, N. and
J. Quarter. ?
Must Schools Fail? Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972
Canada. ?
Report of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism
Book IV - The Cultural Contribution of the other Ethnic
Groups. Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1970
Danziger, Kurt.
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The Socialization of Immigrant Children, part 1. Toronto:
Institute for Behavioral Research, York University, 1971
Elliot, Jean
Leonard, ed.
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Minority Canadians II: Immigrant Groups. Scarborough:
Prentice Hall, 1971
Good & Brophy. ?
Looking in Classrooms
Gregorovick, Andrew. Canadian Ethnic Groups Bibliography. Toronto: Ontario
Department of the Provincial Secretary and Citizenship, 1972
Grand, K.R.G. ?
An Evaluation of the Elementary New Canadian Classes in
The Vancouver School District, February - June 1972 Vancouver:
Vancouver, School Board, 1972.
Hawkes, Nicolas.
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Immigrant Children in British Schools. London: Fall Mall, 1966
Henry, Frances.
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Forgotten Canadians: The Blacks of Nova Scotia. Canadian
Social Problems Series. Toronto: Longmans, 1973
Hodgetts, A.B. ?
What Culture? What Heritage? Toronto: Ontario Institute
for Studies in Education, 1968
An Introduction to East Indian Culture. Vancouver: Centre
for Continuing Education, U.B.C.
James, Alan G. ?
Sikh Children in Britain. London: Oxford University Press.
Katz, Phyllis A.
(ed.) ?
Towards the Elimination of Racism, New York, Pergammon Press 1976
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Krauter, J. ?
The Other Canadians: profiles of six minorities
McDiarmid, Garnet
& David Pratt. ?
Teaching Prejudice: A Content Analysis of Social Studies
Textbooks Authorized for Use in Ontario. Toronto: Ontario
Institute for Studies in Education 1971.
McNeal, Jliä &
Margaret Rogers
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The Multi - Racial Schools: A Professional Perspective.
Flarmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1971.
Migus, Paul M., Ed. Sounds Canadian: Languages and Cultures in Multi-Ethnic Society.
Toronto: Peter Martin Associates, 1975.
Minghi, J.
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Peoples of the Living Land.
Morrish, Ivor. ?
The Background of Immigrant Children. London: Allen and
Unwin, 1971.
Norris, J. ?
Strangers Entertained. Vancouver: Evergreen Press, 1971.
Oakley, Robin, ed.
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New Backgrounds: The Immigrant Child at Home and School.
Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1968.
Palmer, Howard. ed. Immigration and the Rise of Multiculturalism. Issues in
Canadian History series. Toronto: Copp Clark, 1975.
Richmond, Anthony H. Immigrants and Ethnic Relations in Metropolitan Toronto.
Toronto: Institute for Behavioral Research, York
University, 1967.
Rose, E.J.B.
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Colour and Citizenship: A Report on British Race Relations.
London: Oxford University Press, 1969.
Rosenthal, G. ?
Pygmalion in the Classroom, Holt Reinhart and Winston Inc.
New York, 1968.
Roth, John ?
West Indians in Toronto: The Students and the Schools.
Toronto: Board of Education for the Borough of York, MERS
Learner Charactertics Committee, 1972.
Troper & Palmer, ?
Issues in Cultural Diversity.
Winks, Robin W. ?
The Blacks in Canada: A History. Montreal: McGill-
Queen's University Press, 1971.
Woodsworth, J. ?
Strangers Within Our Gates. Toronto: University of Toronto
Press, 1972. (The original edition of this work appeared
in 1909.)
Verma, G. &
Bagley, C.(eds.)
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Race and Education Across Cultures. London: Heinemann 1975
Von Maltitz,
Frances Willard
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Living and Learning in Two Languages: Bilingual-Bicultural
Education in the United States. Toronto: McGraw-Hill, 1975
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Wolfgang, Aaron
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Education of Immigrant Children. Toronto: Ontario Institute
Studies in Education, 1975.
