The mandatory program requires covering a wide range of subjects, such as the environment, democracy, Indigenous peoples, sex education and information and communication technology.
Days before the start of school, some Quebec teachers say they feel unprepared to teach the province's new Culture and Citizenship of Quebec course.A new elementary cours in Quebec purports to cover a wide range of subjects, including the environment, democracy, Indigenous peoples, sex education and communications technology. Days before the start of school, some Quebec teachers say they feel unprepared to teach the province's new Culture and Citizenship of Quebec course.
The training offered by the ministry was, and still is, optional. Although most of the guides are available online, teachers could theoretically teach the course without having received training.The ministry said in an email to Radio-Canada that textbooks will be available as of September. Steven Le Sueur, president of the Quebec Provincial Association of Teachers , says he expects the course to have "a difficult start," with teachers lacking training and materials in both languages."They always do things backwards," he said. "'Let's get it started, but then we'll get you the materials after the fact.' It just doesn't work that way.
He said not having a textbook isn't all bad because it gives teachers the "autonomy to be able to touch on all sorts of subjects, and not necessarily be tied to a program."exhibition at the Musée Pop in Trois-Rivières for the course.
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