INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION AND MINORITIES: POLICY INITIATIVES IN QUEBEC
Abstract
Quebec in its modern period evolved into a secular society with a nationalist political, social, and educational agenda. Education was considered as an important instrument in the redistribution of social and economic reward in the society. The Quebec government introduced the policy of intercultural education with the goal of integrating minorities into francophone culture. In educational policies, stress was increasingly laid on the linguistic and cultural assimilation ofminorities. By law, minorities were directed to French-only schools. The assimilationist interpretation of intercultural education has created racial antagonism in schools and minority students feel their rights have been endangered. The paper discusses educational policies and their impact on minorities. RÉSUMÉ Le Québec moderne est devenu une société séculière dotée d'un programme politique, social et éducatif d'obédience nationaliste. L'éducation est perçue comme un instrument important de la redistribution des richesses socio-économiques au sein de la société. Le gouvernement du Québec a adopté une politique d'éducation interculturelle en vue d'intégrer les minorités dans la culture francophone. Dans les politiques scolaires, on attache beaucoup d'imponance à l'assimilation linguistique et culturelle des minorités. Les enfants des minorités sont obligés de s'inscrire à l'école francophone. Le côté assimilateur de l'éducation interculturelle a abouti à un antagonisme racial dans les écoles et les étudiants des minorités estiment que leurs droits ont été bafoués. L'auteur de cet article analyse les politiques éducatives et leur impact sur les minorités.Downloads
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1993-09-01
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Talbani, A. (1993). INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION AND MINORITIES: POLICY INITIATIVES IN QUEBEC. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 28(003). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/8123
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