Education and national identity in a comparative context |
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| Authors: | Susan W Hardwick Rebecca Marcus Marissa Isaak |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Oregon , USA susanh@uoregon.edu;3. University of Oregon , USA |
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| Abstract: | A missing link in the voluminous chain of prior studies on Canadian versus American identity is a comparative analysis of the impact of social studies – especially civics – education on the construction of national identity in these two North American nation-states. This article analyzes curricular documents and secondary-level school textbooks to learn more about how social studies education contributes to constructing a sense of ‘being a Canadian’ versus ‘being an American’ north and south of the 49th parallel. |
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| Keywords: | national identity social studies education civics Canada United States |
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