Variant of CIP 2000 - NGS University-level Historical Groupings

4 - Educational Studies

41 - Teacher Training

13.02 - Bilingual, Multilingual and Multicultural Education

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 13.0201 to 13.0299.

13.0201 - Bilingual and Multilingual Education

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the design and provision of teaching and other educational services to bilingual/bicultural children or adults, and/or the design and implementation of educational programs having the goal of producing bilingual/bicultural individuals. Includes preparation to serve as teachers and administrators in bilingual/bicultural education programs.

• Example Program Names:

  • Bilingual and multilingual education

• Exclusion

  • English teacher(13.1305)
  • Teaching foreign languages(13.1306)
  • French teacher(13.1325)
  • Teaching English as a second language(13.1401)
  • Teaching French as a second language(13.1402)

13.0202 - Multicultural Education

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the design, and implementation of instructional and advising services for culturally diverse learning populations. These programs include courses in cultural diversity, at risk populations, multilingual and ESL education, program and curriculum design, instructional technology, information resources, Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC), and minority education strategies, counselling and communicating with multicultural populations, laws and regulations, and applications to specific cultural groups, educational services, and research issues.

• Example Program Names:

  • Multicultural education
  • Multicultural pedagogy

• Exclusion

  • Bilingual and multilingual education(13.0201)
  • First Nations education(13.0203)
  • Teaching foreign languages(13.1306)

13.0203 - Aboriginal Education

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the design and implementation of instructional and advising services for First Nations, Inuit and Métis students at various learning levels and that prepares individuals to perform teaching and administrative functions. These programs include courses in the cultural traditions and social patterns, history and politics, learning styles and issues, curriculum design and minority education strategies, counselling techniques and social issues, rural education services, distance education, adult education techniques, school administration, applicable laws and regulations, and research issues.

• Example Program Names:

  • Certificate in Aboriginal education for certified teachers
  • Certificate in education for First Nations and Inuit
  • First Nations education
  • Indian and northern education
  • Indian education
  • Native education

• Exclusion

  • Aboriginal studies(05.0202)
  • Bilingual and multilingual education(13.0201)
  • Native classroom assistant(13.1501)
  • Aboriginal language(16.1001)
  • Native as a second language(16.1799)

13.0299 - Bilingual, Multilingual and Multicultural Education, Other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Bilingual, Multilingual and Multicultural Education.

• Exclusion

  • Bilingual and multilingual education(13.0201)
  • Teaching foreign languages(13.1306)