| Title: |
Reframing Citizenship Education: The Shifting Portrayal of Citizenship in Curriculum Policy in the Province of Ontario, 1999-2018 |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Butler, Jesse K.; Milley, Peter (ORCID 0000-0002-5819-8086) |
| Source: |
Education Policy Analysis Archives. May 2020 28(83). |
| Availability: |
Colleges of Education at Arizona State University and the University of South Florida. c/o Editor, USF EDU162, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620-5650. Tel: 813-974-3400; Fax: 813-974-3826; Web site: http://epaa.asu.edu |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
33 |
| Publication Date: |
2020 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Research |
| Education Level: |
Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: |
Foreign Countries; Citizenship Education; Educational Policy; Secondary School Curriculum; Politics of Education; State Policy; Educational History |
| Geographic Terms: |
Canada |
| ISSN: |
1068-2341 |
| Abstract: |
State-mandated curriculum policy documents have an important political function. Governments use them to make ideological statements about the role of schools and how the next generation of citizens are to be shaped. Beginning from this premise, we use a frame analysis methodology to examine how citizenship in the Province of Ontario, Canada is framed in four consecutive versions of the curriculum policy documents that prescribe citizenship education for secondary schools. Our analysis spans 20 years, during which two political parties -- one conservative, the other liberal -- held power. Our inductive analysis is presented using a typology of citizenship with five dimensions: political, public, cultural, juridical, and economic. We illustrate consistency across the decades, including a preoccupation with: (1) external and internal threats to the stability and unity of Canada (political); (2) fostering nationalistic identification (political); (3) developing transferrable skills for the globalized economy (economic); (4) establishing a pre-set role for the individual citizen, characterized by legal and ethical obligations (juridical). We reveal a gradual de-emphasis of opportunities for citizens to actively participate in reshaping their communities and society (public, cultural). This shift in the political and ideological meaning of citizenship conceives citizens as isolated individuals in a reified state and society. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2020 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1255623 |
| Database: |
ERIC |