An Examination of Sex Equity in the 1986 Ontario Curriculum Guideline for History and Contemporary Studies

Authors

Katherine McKenna, The University of Western Ontario

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1989

Volume

25

Issue

1

Journal

History and Social Science Teacher

First Page

21

Last Page

4

Abstract

Presents evidence of unconscious bias in the content of the 1986 Ontario Curriculum Guideline for History and Contemporary Studies. Examines sex bias in the liberal-progressive view of history which undergirds the curriculum and explores gender bias present in the theoretical assumptions underlying the guidelines

Notes

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Nominated for the 1989 Hilda Neatby Prize