Curricular Reform in Social Studies: An Analysis of the Cases of Saskatchewan and British Columbia
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curriculum reform, social studies, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, curriculum development, secondary educationAbstract
This paper analyses the activities of secondary social studies curriculum committees in Saskatchewan (1970–1972) and British Columbia (1978–1981) during periods of significant change. In both provinces, the procedures and politics of curricular change pitted traditionalists against progressives in a sharp ideological struggle.
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