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- Title
AMERICAN KNOWLEDGE OF CANADA AND QUEBEC: A VIEW FROM MIDDLE AMERICA.
- Authors
McCormick, James M.; Chapelle, Carol A.
- Abstract
This research reports on a survey that was conducted for differing levels of Political Science and French classes at a major American university to assess the students' knowledge of Canada. We selected these classes with the expectation that students in Political Science and French classes would be more likely to be exposed to Canada than those in other disciplines. We also expect that the longer students studied in these disciplines, the greater would be their knowledge of Canada. However, our results show that students—regardless of the course discipline—possessed limited understanding of the Canadian geography, economics, sports and French language and French culture and that their level of knowledge did not increase from the introductory to the advanced courses in these disciplines. The important implication of this result is that if students are to learn about Canada, a more explicit integration of the topic into their curriculum is necessary.
- Subjects
CANADA; UNITED States; KNOWLEDGE gap theory; POLITICAL science students; FRENCH language; SURVEYS; CANADA-United States relations; INTERNATIONAL economic relations
- Publication
Canadian Issues / Thèmes Canadiens, 2009, p7
- ISSN
0318-8442
- Publication type
Article