Exploring Progressivism in the Quebec Education Program

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Exploring Progressivism in the Quebec Education Program
Abstract
During the first two decades of the twenty-first century, Quebecers witnessed a ministerial overhaul of their education system that resulted in the implementation of a new competency-based curriculum - the Quebec Education Program (QEP). The author begins with an overview of the historical context of this reform with particular emphasis on the shift from a church-based scholastic system to a largely secular state-run model. The progressive foundations of the QEP are presented through an overview of the historical trends in North American progressivism. The child-centered, cooperative and interdisciplinary learning environments proposed by these early progressive philosophers and implemented in the QEP is highlighted by the author with concrete classroom examples. By narrowing the focus of the analysis to the English Language Arts section of the QEP, the progressive elements of curricular implementation as well as the difficulty in incorporating these philosophies within the practice of student evaluation is discussed. The author notes that the focus of the English Language Arts program at the elementary school level is on "communication" - speaking, listening, reading and writing -, arguably one of the most important sections of the QEP. The author ends with a call for further research into the effectiveness of the QEP as well as for the formulation of clearly defined evaluation strategies consistent with the principles of progressive education.
Type
Master's Thesis
University
Concordia University
Place
Montreal
Date
2010
# of Pages
iv-116p.
Language
en
URL
Citation
Gallagher, Erin. “Exploring Progressivism in the Quebec Education Program.” Master’s Thesis, Concordia University, 2010. https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/979272/1/MR67225.pdf.
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