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THE :.LUCICNOW ;SENTINEL;,.4UCKNOW, ONTARIO.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH '3 it/ 1971
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LETTER• TO' THE EDITOR
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Teaching Of
World Histo
[ucknow. Sentinel,`
• Dear Donald
NOT MUCH SIGN :•,
OF' PROGRESS,
In the early -part of .last,suirnmet ,
I-wxotan article under the -head=—
Wing' "A,'Big Job;Ahead" Two .of ••••,
the''thing•s mentioned in this art
isle were•
1,
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The spectacular increase, in
the; annual 'spending endin of the'Ontar-
io. Department of Education dur-," •
•
w.:
ing the 1969's.
2 intnlent that the
. Disa ' of ,
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teache•rs.`and `professors in; the
•high schools.and universities of:'
Ontario' are not doing a much
better ioh of teaching°world his'
'tory...
and w`ith'a letter:of explanation,
�I sent 'three •copies. of this �artic1,e.
th nt rio D . �.rt . ..nt of
'to e,0, a >.Department me
Educat-ionv:I addressed thein to
Mr J:11.. McCarthy, Deputy
Minister of Education,Mr, A.P
Carnahan, Superintendent.or
Curriculum (History) and to• Mr.' .
Alex PMcCuaig• the Assistant
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-Su erifi enc ent rCurricu u.m:
These letters were all acknowled•-
ged within a few weeks time
Mr.McCarthY wrote rhe=a god
g. g
eneral"letter.' Mr. McCua,i• 'ack-
nowledged two, of them - the one
-sentto- Mr-.-Car-nahannd--his--ow-n
Which he had received 'a• day 'or'
two later, the first letter.�h:re
ceived from `Mr McCuaiig was a
red tape; -sort ofletter. in which :he
referred me to the' Director. ' '
Ontario' Institute 'for:.Studaes in •
Education., in connection with
h -pro -Mein an . . e •
,,Kapuskasing. History Department
Superintendent and. a Mr'. Spald.
ing of North Bayin connection.
with the efficiency -question. The
s'eoondletter. I received from Mr, ,
McCuaig was a short friendly.
letter in which he aga n inention,7=
ed" d`
Mr S a in of rth
1 N� Bay. • P g�• .y
__I _wiotet ? > esea rS .Direr4oiY
arid he wrote right back• and told
me he',would'look into the:'niatter
and let `me know about it as soon ,
as: he could. A Little•later on he'
wrote me•to the effect that there , '
was no research being done on the,
problem T e—Department . has
•
spent -many .millions'of dollars•in
the ,interest of the controversial
bilingual probl.em'but it seeinns_to
have spent little of` nothing onthe
nlore.irrportant problem :of doing
its share towards ntaking sure that:
world history: is• being.effecrively:
a r.g ig s .. o. s. a n
universities of North' � America...
i a.
in iny letter to h1r: Spalding,
Written Over. twd months ago,
'urged, him to'.try to. providenme= '
With 'a :yes'or no answer; to the
question.,, '!Are the teachers and
rofessors'in the high schools and
un er''ities_o_LOntario doinu
good job' of teaching world hist' •
ory?" ., I have still. not received
any 'a.cknowled. emPnt. 'of that
letter: Actually, with no '•
r
esearch beim: done,on the prob �-
:
tem , it must be.'ratter difficult
or Mr -. Spa ldi rg rxreap
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with a:rep1y Also.'with'tlie
of. tese;!ireh it: rriust be a bit...of
guess work•.for;.tea.cher's •tnd•liro'l"
essors to' kndw .whether- tliey ri ::,'
using the.best methods of to ic•'hi1.;
world history. ;`In my opinion t•l.r.e •
biggest danger in connection iil
•t e teac ing o' wor istory:iii.
.North America. is the .failture'to •
teach ;it :so that a..student
i:zes that 'acquiring a, knowlcdL,' •
of world history Js not only
'convenience but a.'necessit.>
Examination results are. not.tlic.
results Chat really count'. II
teaching world history •i,o that:
'good basiLltnoided e ofth . ib
•'ect is semen beredcb the .stud
ent- long after b T aduation;=.,that
is where' the importance of re •
- ra i =_
search comes 1n. I have.,th i
-. ression the attitude of tli•e'
P
Ontario Ike partrnent' of Educ atiori
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