Theories and Practices of the social studies for Multicultural Citizenship in the United States and Canada

本研究通过分析美国和加拿大多元文化社会研究教育的理论、课程和教科书对“多样性”和“统一性”的尊重，阐明了以下几点：首先，美国和加拿大在公民教育中都需要培养“知情公民”，包括“积极公民”和“积极贡献者”。第二，“知情公民”是尊重社会“多样性”和“统一性”的多元文化公民。

Through analyzing the theories of multicultural social studies education, the curriculums and the textbooks which are respecting both "diversity" and "unity" in the United States and Canada, this study clarified following. first, both of the United States and Canada, in the citizenship education, it is necessary that foster "informed citizen" which is including "active citizen" and "active contributor". And second, the "informed citizenship" is the Multicultural citizenship which is respecting both "diversity" and "unity" of society.