DOELL, PETER; MA
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY (CANADA), 1990
EDUCATION, BILINGUAL AND MULTICULTURAL (0282)
This study examined the contributions of 25 teachers who have been involved
in the Canadian
Teachers' Federation's Project Overseas to cultural diffusion upon their return
to their home milieu. It
includes a description of the Canadian Teachers' Federation's International
Program, and particularly of
Project Overseas, which is an integral component of the International Program.
The study is intended to
examine also the perceptions, experiences, attitudes, and behaviors of those
teachers as they relate to
international development issues, cultural diffusion, and intercultural interactions
in the Canadian milieu.
Findings of this study indicate that typical Alberta participants in Project
Overseas are altruistic,
cooperative, generous people who are tolerant of cultural differences. They
tend to have a high
involvement in development education activities and are instrumental in cultural
diffusion. They are likely
to believe that Canadians at large are racially bigoted. The respondents believe
also that they should and
do act on behalf of the deprived and underprivileged, that Project Overseas
is a vehicle for promoting
global interdependence, and that the Canadian Teachers' Federation should take
greater initiative in
facilitating development education. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
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