CANADIAN SOCIAL STUDIES
(The History and Social Science Teacher)

CANADA'S NATIONAL SOCIAL STUDIES JOURNAL
VOLUME 35, NUMBER 1, FALL 2000

Theme Issue: Globalization

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Canadian Social Studies is an indexed, refereed journal published quarterly on-line at the University of Alberta. It is a journal of comment and criticism on social education and publishes articles on curricular issues relating to history, geography, social sciences, and social studies.

Canadian Social Studies is under copyright. Unless otherwise designated, permission is granted to download and distribute individual student copies of anything in this journal as long as it is for non-profit educational use in the classroom. Copyright permission includes the requirement to include the following on the first page of any duplicated material: "Canadian Social Studies, Canada's national social studies journal - by permission." All other duplication or distribution requires the editor's permission.
Joseph M. Kirman - Editor George Richardson - Associate Editor
 

Editorial Board | Indexing Services | From the Editor

Columns

Current Concerns by Penney Clark - A Global Perspective: What Does it Take?
Voices from the Past by Ken Osborne - History as Storytelling
Quebec Report by Jon G. Bradley - Culture and English Schools in Play
The Front Line by David Kilgour - The Floods in Mozambique
The Iconoclast by John McMurtry - The Case for Keeping the Corporate Agenda Out of the Nation's Classrooms

Articles

Theme Editor: George Richardson

Introduction: Approaching Globalization
George Richardson

A Few Modest Prophecies: The WTO, Globalization and the Future of Public Education
David Geoffrey Smith

Two Terms You Can (and Should) Use in the Classroom: Cultural Homogenization and Eurocentrism
George Richardson

Literature and Social Studies: Reading the Hyphenated Spaces of Canadian Identity
Ingrid Johnston

Global Issues and Activated Audiences
J.C. Couture

Features

Classroom Tips by Jim Parsons - Helping Students Learn How Textbooks are Written
Internet Resources by Jack Dale - Labor Studies
Documents in the Classroom by Henry W. Hodysh - On the Periphery of the Tar Sands

Crossword Puzzle by Ian Andrews - Our Neighbor to the North

Book Reviews

Carol Cornelius. 1999. Iroquois Corn in a Culture-Based Curriculum: A Framework for Respectfully Teaching About Cultures. Reviewed by Jon G. Bradley
Barbara Murphy. 1999. The Ugly Canadian: The Rise and Fall of a Caring Society. Reviewed by Rodney A. Clifton
Paul Reddin. 1999. Wild West Shows. Reviewed by Michael J. Gillis
Nancy J. Smith-Hefner. 1999. Khmer American: Identity and Moral Education in a Diasporic Community. Reviewed by George Hoffman
Nancy-Lou Patterson. 1999. The Tramp Room. Reviewed by Ken Mac Innis
Lesley Choyce. 1996. Nova Scotia: Shaped by the Sea. Reviewed by Richard A Willie
Nicola Caracciolo. 1995. Uncertain Refuge: Italy and the Jews During the Holocaust. Reviewed by Samuel Totten
Daniel L. Duke, ed. 1995. Teacher Evaluation Policy: From Accountability to Professional Development. Reviewed by Eric Dowsett

Manuscript Referees 1999- 2000

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Editorial Board

Editors
Joseph M. Kirman - Editor
George Richardson - Associate Editor

Manuscript Review Editors
Robert Fowler, University of Victoria
Alan Sears, University of New Brunswick

Columnists
Jon G. Bradley, McGill University
Penney Clark, University of British Columbia
David Kilgour, M.P., Edmonton Southeast
John McMurtry, University of Guelph
Stan Wilson, University of Alberta
Ken Osborne, University of Manitoba (Emeritus)

 

Features Editors
Ian A. Andrews, Oromocto High School, NB
Jack Dale, Calgary Board of Education
Cecille DePass, University of Calgary
Henry Hodysh, University of Alberta
Jim Parsons, University of Alberta

Cartoonist
Andy Phillpotts

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Indexing Services

Articles appearing in this journal are abstracted and indexed in Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life and by the Canadian Education Association; Corpus Almanac & Canadian Sourcebook; Ulrich's lnt. Pedcs. Directory; ERIC; Canadian Education Index, Micromedia Limited; and H. W. Wilson Company.

From the Editor

We are back again. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes Canadian Social Studies keeps on going. Since 1991, we have not missed a single issue even though we have had three different publishers. Now we are on our own with the magazine owned by our editorial board. This makes us stronger. We no longer have to worry about hard copy production, distribution costs, and the expenses of a publishing house dependent upon a rather large cash flow from subscriptions to pay the bills. It also increases our readership since anyone can access the journal through the Internet and the price is right! Internet publication puts Canadian Social Studies into the hands of classroom teachers and education students who were not able to afford the cost of the hard copy publication. 

Although we are now an electronic publication, our standards remain the same. We are Canada's only national refereed social studies journal and we will continue to provide a venue for Canadian educators to get their articles into print.

 

New Associate Editor

I am pleased to welcome Dr. George Richardson to our editorial board as associate editor. George is an assistant professor, social studies area, with the Department of Secondary Education at the University of Alberta. He is a fine writer and very much interested in the well being of our journal. George has shown his mettle as theme editor for this issue on globalization. You will enjoy these articles as our authors do not write in a pedantic dry style. 

Many thanks to those who have helped Canadian Social Studies go on-line. The Faculty of Education of the University of Alberta is especially thanked for providing a web location and assistance in preparing the web site. In particular, Gene Romaniuk, Assistant Dean and Coordinator of the Division of Technology in Education and Bob Bolt, Network Coordinator for clearing the way for our web site location, and Greg Cole, Educational Technology Facilitator for his guidance in using FrontPage to structure our site. We wanted a site that can load quickly, avoid needless bells and whistles, and be user friendly. That we have! It ain't fancy, but it is functional. 

Finally, thanks to our wonderful columnists, feature editors, referee coordinators, and cartoonist who have stuck with us through thick and thin and who are now with us to help usher in this new phase in the publication of our journal.

 

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Kathy Bradford is interim book review editor while Cecille DePass is on sabbatical.