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-- Most Youth Polled Fail CAN History Test (But Want History as Mandatory Subject)
Most Youth Polled Fail CAN History Test (But Want History as Mandatory Subject)
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A couple of interesting Ipsos-Reid polls (if you put any stock in such things) just out... Highlights from this one - Detailed Table 1 - Detailed Table 2 (all links to .pdf files): Eight in ten (82%) Canadians age 18 to 24 fail basic Canadian history exam �one point (1%) more than failed in 1997 Less than half of respondents (46%) could name Canada�s first P.M. and only one-quarter (26%) could give the date of Confederation On the eve of Remembrance Day survey shows young peoples� knowledge of Canada�s military heritage is up over last decade Only five percent of respondents indicate that the test was �too hard� � one in ten embarrassed by their lack of knowledge And some highlights from this one, different but complementary - Table 1 - Table 2 (all links to .pdf files): While only four provinces require students to take a course dedicated to Canadian history to graduate, nine in ten ( 89%) 18 to 24 year olds think history should be a mandatory subject in every province Half of young adults (54%) think history courses should focus on the history of �Canada, the nation� as opposed to only one in ten (11%) who think that the history of their region should be paramount Seven in ten (70%) young adults support the Dominion Institute�s recommendation that to graduate from high school students should be require to take the citizenship exam given to newcomers to Canada Only one in ten (8%) young adults rank history as the academic subject that has most prepared them to succeed in their everyday life |
Thanks for reminding me of how much Canadian history I have forgotten.
*dusts off history notes*
(I knew saving these would come in handy)
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