Creating Citizens
This work examines how Albertans have interpreted themselves and their world through history and social studies curricula and texts from 1905 to 1980, and shows that these courses, more than others, addressed issues of identity by creating the country and region's past
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9781552381441, 1552381447
1024286803
AcknowledgementsIntroductionsSchooling for "Good Character", 1905 to 1920An Education for "Group Living", 1920 to 1935 Nurturing Social Activists: The First Progressive Revision, 1935 to 1945An Education for Utility: Defending Democracy in the Cold War Era, 1945 to 1970Citizenship as Self-Actualization: Neoprogressivism in the 1970sConclusionAppendix 1: Curriculum OverviewAppendix 2: Notes on SourcesNotesBibliographyIndex