An Examination of Sex Equity in the 1986 Ontario Curriculum Guideline for History and Contemporary Studies.

McKenna, Katherine

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Publication Date: 1989

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An Examination of Sex Equity in the 1986 Ontario Curriculum Guideline for History and Contemporary Studies.

McKenna, Katherine

History and Social Science Teacher, v25 n1 p21-24 Fall 1989

Presents evidence of unconscious bias in the content of the 1986 Ontario Curriculum Guideline for History and Contemporary Studies. Examines sex bias in the liberal-progressive view of history which undergirds the curriculum and explores gender bias present in the theoretical assumptions underlying the guidelines. (LS)

Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Feminism, Foreign Countries, Moral Development, North American History, Personality Theories, Sex Bias, Sex Fairness, Social History, Social Studies, Womens Studies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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