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THE ADVISORY
BOARD ON ENGLISH EDUCATION SUBMITS REPORT TO THE MINISTER
OF EDUCATION
Montreal, May
31, 2000. — The Advisory Board on English Education
(ABEE) submitted to the Minister of Education, François
Legault, its report entitled Culture and English Schools
in Play.
Chaired by Gretta
Chambers, the Advisory Board on English Education has 18 members.
The Advisory Board’s mandate is to advise the Minister
of Education on all matters affecting the educational services
offered in English elementary and secondary schools. The Board
meets once a month.
The Advisory Board
on English Education was established by the Minister of Education
in January 1993, following a recommendation made the previous
year by the Task Force on English Education.
In its 1992 report
to the Minister of Education, the Task Force on English Education
based its recommendations on a series of principles, including
the following one:
“The
English-speaking community must control its education system
within a broad policy framework in order that it may transmit
its language, values and culture and meet the learning needs
of young English-speaking Quebecers.”
In the 1999 report
to the Minister of Education, the Advisory Board on English
Education examines Québec Schools on Course,
the educational policy statement published by the Ministère
de l’Éducation du Québec (MEQ), which calls
for improvement of the cultural content of the curriculum.
Culture in the
Curriculum: The Example of Social Studies
The Advisory Board
on English Education recommends:
- THAT the
Ministère de l’Éducation assure thorough
collaboration in the development of social studies and citizenship
programs so that they may reflect a common reality as well
as the particular and specific historical experience of
English Québec.
- THAT the
Ministère de l’Éducation ensure that
the development of the new programs of study, especially
social studies, be accompanied by appropriate alternative
methods of evaluation.
English Schools
and Community Resources
The Board met with
representatives of government agencies such as INRS-Culture
et Société as well as museum and librarian spokespersons.
The Advisory Board
on English Education recommends:
- THAT Government
Agencies such as INRS-Culture et Société
and Télé-Québec include authentic perspectives
on the English-speaking communities of Québec in
the production of historical and cultural regional histories
and in cultural productions.
English Schools
… with Culture in Mind
This report aims
to enlarge and enhance consensus within the community on the
measures and actions needed so that it may transmit its
language, values and culture and meet the learning needs of
young English-speaking Quebecers.
To achieve this
goal, the Advisory Board on English Education recommends:
- THAT the
Ministère de la Culture et des Communications and
the Ministère de l’Éducation under
their agreement, entitled Culture and Education: A Committed
Partnership explore ways of preserving and promoting the
cultural heritage of English-speaking Quebecers.
- For Information:
- Jim
Cullen, Secretary
Advisory Board on English Education
Telephone:(514) 873-5656
Fax: (514) 864-4181
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