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published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / Education / Master / Master of Education

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The constitutional division of powers in Canada assigns no authority to the federal state in the area of education. In spite of this, the Canadian state has used its constitutional authority to act in the national interest to justify substantial activity in public education at all levels. One area of particular interest to the state is the education of Canadian citizens. This thesis examines state policy in citizenship education between 1947 and 1982. It focuses on the Department of the Secretary of State, particularly the Canadian Citizenship Branch, and addresses three questions: 1) What conception of citizenship formed the basis for state policy in citizenship education? 2) How did the state formulate citizenship education policy? and 3) What means did the federal state use to implement citizenship education policy given that education is an area of provincial jurisdiction? Throughout this period the state was preoccupied with questions of national unity and therefore the focus of its policy in citizenship education was the construction and propagation of a national ideal in which all Canadians could find their identity as citizens. The policy was consistent with an elitist conception of citizenship in that it excluded most Canadians from the process of constructing the national identity and relegated citizen participation to largely apolitical voluntary activities. Although the Department of the Secretary of State was rhetorically committed to scientific policy making, the process was driven not by social science research but by attempts to secure and extend bureaucratic territory in relation to both other government departments and voluntary organizations working in the citizenship sector. In the complex interplay among the interested parties the Department was sometimes a leader and sometimes a follower in the policy making process. State citizenship education policy was implemented through official agreements with the provinces as well as more direct means which bypassed provincial authorities. Bilingualism in Education programs are the best example of the former, while training programs for teachers, the production and dissemination of materials, and attempts to use voluntary organizations as surrogates for the state are examples of the latter.

The constitutional division of powers in Canada assigns no authority to the federal state in the area of education. In spite of this, the Canadian state has used its constitutional authority to act in the national interest to justify substantial activity in public education at all levels. One area of particular interest to the state is the education of Canadian citizens. This thesis examines state policy in citizenship education between 1947 and 1982. It focuses on the Department of the Secretary of State, particularly the Canadian Citizenship Branch, and addresses three questions: 1) What conception of citizenship formed the basis for state policy in citizenship education? 2) How did the state formulate citizenship education policy? and 3) What means did the federal state use to implement citizenship education policy given that education is an area of provincial jurisdiction? Throughout this period the state was preoccupied with questions of national unity and therefore the focus of its policy in citizenship education was the construction and propagation of a national ideal in which all Canadians could find their identity as citizens. The policy was consistent with an elitist conception of citizenship in that it excluded most Canadians from the process of constructing the national identity and relegated citizen participation to largely apolitical voluntary activities. Although the Department of the Secretary of State was rhetorically committed to scientific policy making, the process was driven not by social science research but by attempts to secure and extend bureaucratic territory in relation to both other government departments and voluntary organizations working in the citizenship sector. In the complex interplay among the interested parties the Department was sometimes a leader and sometimes a follower in the policy making process. State citizenship education policy was implemented through official agreements with the provinces as well as more direct means which bypassed provincial authorities. Bilingualism in Education programs are the best example of the former, while training programs for teachers, the production and dissemination of materials, and attempts to use voluntary organizations as surrogates for the state are examples of the latter. / Education, Faculty of / Graduate

After many years of teaching experience in a school where good citizenship prevailed among the students, it has been rather surprising recently to find that standards of conduct formerly observed are being disregarded. It has been noted that this is a rather general situation throughout the city and in other localities and not existing in just one school. The object of this study was to seek some of the causes back of the records of poor citizenship among pupils and make some definite plans for improvement. / Typescript. / "August, 1949." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts under Plan II." / Advisor: W. Edwards, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 42-43).

據稿本複印 / 論文(碩士)--香港中文大學教育學部,1986. / 參考文獻: leaves 153-171 / Chapter 第一章： --- 導論 --- p.1 / Chapter 1 --- 問題說明 --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- 研究目的 --- p.3 / Chapter 3 --- 研究範圍 --- p.5 / Chapter 第二章： --- 香港課程發展的背景及現況 --- p.6 / Chapter 1 --- 香港政治體制的特點 --- p.6 / Chapter 2 --- 香港教育規劃的特點 --- p.11 / Chapter 3 --- 香港課程發展的特點 --- p.17 / Chapter 第三章： --- 文獻評述及理論架構 --- p.31 / Chapter 1 --- 課程革新與發展 --- p.31 / Chapter 2 --- 政治教育 --- p.50 / Chapter 3 --- 決策釐訂 --- p.57 / Chapter 4 --- 本研究之理論架構 --- p.76 / Chapter 5 --- 本研究之假設 --- p.90 / Chapter 第四章： --- 研究方法 --- p.92 / Chapter 第五章： --- 研究結果及討論 --- p.100 / 參考書目 --- p.153 / 附錄 --- p.172

published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education

published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education