Schooling And Scholars In Nineteenth Century Ontario

Author : Susan E. Houston
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802058010
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Schooling and Scholars in Nineteenth-century Ontario written by Susan E. Houston and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nineteenth-century educational reformers were fond of an agricultural metaphor when it came to the provision of more and better schooling: even good land, they argued, had to be cultiated; othersie noxious weeds sprang up. In this study of education in Ontario from the establishment of Upper Canada to the end of Egerton Ryerson's career as chief superintendent of schools in 1876, Susan Houston and Alison Prentice explore the roots of the provincial public school system, set up to instill a work ethic and moral discipline appropriate to the new society, as well as the beginnings of separate schools. today the Ontario school system is once again the subject of intense and often bitter deabte. Many of the most contentious issues have deep and complex roots that go back to this era. Houston and Prentice tell the story of how Ontario came to have a universal school system of exceptional quality and shed valuable light on an area of current concern.

Author : Johanna Maria Selles
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773514430
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Methodists and Women's Education in Ontario, 1836-1925 written by Johanna Maria Selles and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1996 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situating the evolution of Methodist education for women in Ontario within the larger social and cultural context, Methodists and Women's Education in Ontario describes the often unintended and unforeseen forces unleashed by women's education and the ambi

Author : Millar
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773562397
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inventing Secondary Education written by Millar and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1990-04-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inventing Secondary Education is the first contemporary examination of the origins of the Ontario high school, and one of the very few which focuses on the development of secondary education anywhere in Canada. The authors chart the transformation of the high school from a peripheral to a central social institution. They explore the economic and social pressures which fuelled the expansion of secondary education, the political conflicts which shaped the schools, and the shifts in curriculum as new forms of knowledge disrupted traditional pedagogical values. By the late nineteenth century the high school had acquired a secure clientele by anchoring itself firmly to the educational and professional ambitions of young people and their families. Drawn from an enormous amount of empirical data derived from school records, census manuscript material, assessment rolls, and literary and biographical sources, Inventing Secondary Education enriches our historical understanding of schooling in nineteenth-century Ontario society and illuminates some of the roots of modern educational dilemmas.

Author : Paul Axelrod
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442690704
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Promise of Schooling written by Paul Axelrod and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1997-05-02 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1800 and 1914, Canadian society and its school systems were forged, populated, expanded and reformed. The Promise of Schooling explores the links between social and educational change in this complex and dynamic period. It raises and seeks to answer a number of questions: How extensive was schooling in the early nineteenth century? What lay behind the campaign to extend publicly funded education? What went on inside the Canadian classroom? How did schools address the needs of Native students, blacks, and the children of immigrants? What cultural and social roles did universities serve by the beginning of the twentieth century? And how were schools affected by the economic and social pressures arising from the Industrial Revolution? The book contends that educational authorities built and reformed schools in ways that were not always consistent with their idealistic visions. Economic constraints, political expediency, and the agendas of ordinary citizens all influenced the life of the Canadian school in an era marked by dramatic social change. Drawing from an abundant scholarly literature published over the last two decades, this study seeks to expose readers to the richness of the field of educational history. Written for a broad audience, it also hopes, by providing historical context, to stimulate informed discussion about educational issues.

Author : Ronald K. Goodenow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521892919
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The City and Education in Four Nations written by Ronald K. Goodenow and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-12-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The City and Education in Four Nations is a response to a long-standing need for the placing of urban educational study in broader comparative contexts, both historical and international. This volume offers an account of the historical educational experiences of four major English-speaking countries, opening up new research agendas in a variety of fields. An international team of contributors has been assembled, combining historical and educational expertise, and the work should interest scholars in a number of disciplines, including urban history, urban and comparative education, social and public policy, social and cultural history and the history of education.

Author : Gordon L. Heath
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1630877840
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baptists and Public Life in Canada written by Gordon L. Heath and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public discussion about the relationship between religion and public life in Canada can be heated at times, and scholars have recently focused on the historical study of the many expressions of this relationship. The experience of Canada's smaller Protestant Christian groups, however, has remained largely unexplored. This is particularly true of Canada's Baptists. This volume, the first produced by the Canadian Baptist Historical Society, explores the connections between Baptist faith and Baptist activity in the public domain, and expands the focus of the existing scholarship to include a wide range of Canadian Baptist beliefs, attitudes, perspectives, and actions related to the relationship between Baptist faith and practice and public life.

Author : Anthony Di Mascio
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773587039
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Idea of Popular Schooling in Upper Canada written by Anthony Di Mascio and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Idea of Popular Schooling in Upper Canada, Anthony Di Mascio analyzes debates about education in the burgeoning print culture of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In it, he finds that a widespread movement for popular schooling in Upper Canada began in earnest from the time of the colony's first Loyalist settlers. Reviving the voices of Upper Canada's earliest school advocates, Di Mascio reveals the lively public discussion about the need for a common system of schooling for all the colony's children. Despite different and often contentious opinions on the means and ends of schooling, there was widespread agreement about its need by the 1830s, when the debate was no longer about whether a popular system of schooling was desirable, but about what kinds of schools would be established. The making of educational legislation in Upper Canada was a process in which many inhabitants, both inside and outside of government, participated. The Idea of Popular Schooling in Upper Canada is the first full survey of schooling in Canada to focus on the pre-1840 period and how it framed policy debates that continue to the present day.

Author : Sara Z. Burke
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 0802095771
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Schooling in Transition written by Sara Z. Burke and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2011-12-13 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of two centuries of formal education in Canada in which the accomodation of minority needs and local versus central control are recurring themes.

Author : Rosa Bruno-Jofré
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839822406
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Peripatetic Journey of Teacher Preparation in Canada written by Rosa Bruno-Jofré and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book situates teacher training, preparation and education in Canada within national and global histories. The authors lead the reader through an exploration of the objectives of schooling, the contextual role of teachers, and the political undercurrents sustaining various educational conceptions and policies.

Author : Martin Brook Taylor
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802076762
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Canadian History: Confederation to the present written by Martin Brook Taylor and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In these two volumes, which replace the Reader's Guide to Canadian History, experts provide a select and critical guide to historical writing about pre- and post-Confederation Canada, with an emphasis on the most recent scholarship" -- Cover.