'Don't Even Think about Bringing That to School': New Brunswick Students' Understandings of Ethnic Diversity

Autor/inn/en	Hamm, Lyle; Peck, Carla L.; Sears, Alan
Titel	'Don't Even Think about Bringing That to School': New Brunswick Students' Understandings of Ethnic Diversity
Quelle	In: Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 13 (2018) 2, S.101-119 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1746-1979
DOI	10.1177/1746197917699219
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Ethnic Diversity; Student Attitudes; Immigrants; Indigenous Populations; Canada Natives; Grade 6; Attitude Measures; Cultural Influences; Knowledge Level; Language Usage; Cultural Maintenance; Middle School Students; Interviews; Pictorial Stimuli + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Schülerverhalten; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Sinti und Roma; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Wissensbasis; Sprachgebrauch; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Fantasieanregung
Abstract	Canada is a country with a long history of substantial ethnocultural diversity. Questions about the reasonable accommodation of immigrant groups, the preservation of official language minority rights, and the fostering of Aboriginal rights permeate political and social discourse in Canada. Effective citizenship requires people who understand the subtle differences between and among groups in Canada, and are able to wrestle intelligently and respectfully with difficult questions inherent in these issues. This article reports on a study designed to map the conceptions of ethnic diversity held by grade 6 students in the eastern Canadian province of New Brunswick with a particular focus on the three areas outlined above. Overall, students demonstrated quite superficial understandings of ethnic diversity being able to identify some practices and beliefs as 'cultural', but with little knowledge of specific cultural groups or practices or the role of language as a vehicle for cultural enhancement and preservation. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01