Education and national identity in a comparative context

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A missing link in the voluminous chain of prior studies on Canadian versus American identity is a comparative analysis of the impact of social studies - especially civics - education on the construction of national identity in these two North American nation-states. This article analyzes curricular documents and secondary-level school textbooks to learn more about how social studies education contributes to constructing a sense of ‘being a Canadian’ versus ‘being an American’ north and south of the 49th parallel.View full textDownload full textKeywordsnational identity, social studies education, civics, Canada, United StatesRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14608941003727932