ALBERTA'S PROJECT OVERSEAS TEACHERS AS AGENTS OF CULTURAL DIFFUSION IN CANADA

                         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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