SCHOOL REFORMS- CANADA

School Reforms Regardless Of Religion Social Class, Sex, Skin and Color in Canada

School Reforms Regardless Of Religion Social Class, Sex, Skin and Color in Canada

Introduction

Racial discrimination is the use of institutional authority to refuse or award people and group of people privileges, admiration, symbol and resources based on their skin color. Racial discrimination in force makes Whiteness a favored way of being creature. By whiteness it is referred thao the civilization, language, customs and the skin color connected frequently with Europeanisms. Racial discrimination is reproduced in a ladder in which prettiness, cleverness, worth and things coupled with Whiteness are at the apex. (Enid Lee 1998) The Roman Catholic and the Protestants were the first to establish schools in what now is called Alberta. By then the schools were charging a nominal fee to the students which was meant to be a sign of solidarity among the local people. Nowadays, there are three bodies that govern the education of Canada and that is local, federal and provincial government. The issue of curriculum is developed and implemented at the provincial level. Education in Canada is compulsory and the students are expected to leave Alladin, Ibrahim (1996). The school at the age of between 14 and 18 years. It starts from primary, secondary and post secondary level, that is, colleges and universities. ``The educational change in Canada was initiated by the provincial government in a place called Alberta (Research in Education, 1971). The main reason of initiating the education reforms in Canada was because they wanted to make the education in Canada meaningful and successful. However, the initiative brought about a controversy among the public whether the reforms are appropriate and the effect they will have to the society in general. The ideology that exemplifies the attitude toward education was a structural functionalistic perspective one. It was meant to change the operations of the schools. The perspective aimed at giving the mandate of controlling schools to the provincial department of education from the school boards.



Discussion

In the preceding decade, the demographics of Canadian Population have changed drastically and Canada has turn out to be a house of countless people from diverse parts of the world. These demographics are mirrored mostly in urban and suburban areas. The consequence of this demographic change has changed learner population in Canadian schools. Now Canadian schools have learner, reflecting a variety of liabilities, ethnicities, races, sexual orientation, language, culture, religion, life expectation, and economic/social power. It is essential to note down from the outset that there is no widespread solution or definite rules for countering to these diversities in our schools or classrooms and research on the best practice is restricted. The issue has its own complications and for some sense it is fraught with restlessness, complexity and anxiety.

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