Home and Native Land: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Ontario Grade 7 History Curriculum

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dc.contributor.authorClausing, Hayley
dc.contributor.supervisorDe Finney, Sandrine
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-20T18:17:52Z
dc.date.available2015-08-20T18:17:52Z
dc.date.copyright2015en_US
dc.date.issued2015-08-20
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Child and Youth Care
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractA narrative of denial and ignorance of colonial history is pervasive in Canadian school curriculum. Generations of Canadians children learn about history without adequate understanding of Indigenous peoples and of the negative impact of colonialism. Drawing on Indigenous and critical race theories, this research study applied a critical discourse analysis to explore how historical narratives are (re)circulated in school history curriculum. Using the Ontario Grade 7 history curriculum and two history textbooks, the information that is currently being presented to Grade 7 students in Ontario history classes was analyzed. The study found that themes of denial, ignorance, Euro-centrism, racialized sexism and White settler colonial hegemony are pervasive in the history curriculum and textbooks, while information regarding distinct Indigenous peoples and their nations, their histories, and their contributions to Canadian history, are largely absent. These findings highlight implications for curriculum reform and the need for anti- racist, decolonizing pedagogical and curricular approaches.en_US
dc.description.proquestemailhclausin@uvic.caen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/6469
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectcolonialismen_US
dc.subjectpedagogyen_US
dc.subjectcurriculumen_US
dc.subjectracialized ignoranceen_US
dc.subjectIndigenousen_US
dc.subjectWhitenessen_US
dc.titleHome and Native Land: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Ontario Grade 7 History Curriculumen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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